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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Spectrophotometry

· Spec·tro·pho·tom·e·try · IPA
01 n. The art of comparing, photometrically, the brightness of two spectra, wave length by wave length; the use of the spectrophotometer.
  1. 1.
    The art of comparing, photometrically, the brightness of two spectra, wave length by wave length; the use of the spectrophotometer.
  2. 2.
    the art or process of measuring the degree of absorption of light at different wavelengths by a chemical substance, by means of a spectrometer or spectrophotometer. It is a technique for chemical analysis.(Chem., Physics)