SPECTROMETRIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spectrometric mean? 

• SPECTROMETRIC (adjective)
  The adjective SPECTROMETRIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or involving spectrometry

  Familiarity information: SPECTROMETRIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPECTROMETRIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or involving spectrometry

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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

spectrometry (the use of spectroscopes to analyze spectra)

Derivation:

spectrometer (spectroscope for obtaining a mass spectrum by deflecting ions into a thin slit and measuring the ion current with an electrometer)

spectrometry (the use of spectroscopes to analyze spectra)

 Context examples 

A spectrometric method, based on measurement of electron spins and magnetic moments, for detecting and estimating free radicals in reactions and in biological systems.

(Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy, NCI Thesaurus)

A spectrometric method that determines the type and concentration of elements or chemicals in a sample, based upon the principle that the atoms in a sample will vibrate or rotate at a specific frequency when exposed to infrared light.

(Infrared Spectrometry, NCI Thesaurus)

A spectrometric method that determines the type and concentration of metal elements in a sample, based upon the principle that each elemental metal absorbs a particular wavelength of ultraviolet light when exposed to heat.

(Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy, NCI Thesaurus)