photospectroscopicadj.
/ˌfəʊtə(ʊ)ˌspɛktrəˈskɒpɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌfoʊdoʊˌspɛktrəˈskɑpɪk/ Of, relating to, or involving photospectroscopy.
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photospectroscopic1878
1878 W. de W. Abney Treat. Photogr. 282 The spectroscope and camera are rigidly connected one with another... This completes the photo-spectroscopic arrangement.
1905 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 76 7 He built an astronomical observatory..and devoted himself to photo-spectroscopic work on the sun and stars.
1977 Jrnl. Membrane Sci. 2 289 The membrane-bound 11-cis-retinal exhibited three steps of photospectroscopic change on light irradiation.
2002 Soap Perfumery & Cosmetics (Nexis) 1 Feb. 17 For qualitative studies, where the objective is to investigate the interaction of water with its surroundings, photospectroscopic methods like ATR-FTIR have proved effective.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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