spectrology

[ spek-trol-uh-jee ]

/ spɛkˈtrɒl ə dʒi /

noun

the study of ghosts, phantoms, or apparitions.

Nearby words

spectrograph, spectrography, spectroheliogram, spectroheliograph, spectrohelioscope, spectrology, spectrometer, spectrometry, spectromicroscope, spectrophotoelectric, spectrophotometer

Origin of spectrology

1810–20; < Latin spectr(um) specter + -o- + -logy

Related forms

spec·tro·log·i·cal

[spek-truh-loj-i-kuh l] /ˌspɛk trəˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəl/, adjectivespec·tro·log·i·cal·ly, adverb

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