spectroscopic
— Adjective
– English
～ of or relating to or involving spectroscopy; "spectroscopic analysis"
spectroscopical
— Adjective
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～ of or relating to or involving spectroscopy; "spectroscopic analysis"
spectroscopy
— Noun
– English
～ the use of spectroscopes to analyze spectra
spectrum analysis
— Noun
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～ the use of spectroscopes to analyze spectra
spectrum
— Noun
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～ a broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities
spectrum
— Noun
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～ an ordered array of the components of an emission or wave
spectrum line
— Noun
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～ an isolated component of a spectrum formed by radiation at a uniform frequency
sound spectrum
— Noun
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～ the distribution of energy as a function of frequency for a particular sound source
specular
— Adjective
– English
～ capable of reflecting light like a mirror; "mirrorlike surface of the lake"; "a specular metal"
speculate
— Verb
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～ talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion; "We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal"
speculate
— Verb
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～ invest at a risk; "I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating"
speculate
— Verb
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～ to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
speculate
— Verb
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～ reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"
speculation
— Noun
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～ a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence); "speculations about the outcome of the election"; "he dismissed it as mere conjecture"
speculation
— Noun
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～ an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits; "he knew the stock was a speculation when he bought it"
speculation
— Noun
– English
～ continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature; "the habit of meditation is the basis for all real knowledge"