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SPECTRUM ANALYSIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The use of spectroscopes to analyze spectra
Synonyms:
spectrographic analysis; spectrometry; spectroscopic analysis; spectroscopy; spectrum analysis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("spectrum analysis" is a kind of...):
chemical analysis; qualitative analysis (the act of decomposing a substance into its constituent elements)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spectrum analysis"):
mass spectroscopy (the use of spectroscopy to determine the masses of small electrically charged particles)
microwave spectroscopy (the use of spectroscopy to study atomic or molecular resonances in the microwave spectrum)
