spectroscopic
Americanadjective
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"It's a single conversion step. It retains all the important information such as timing, the energy of the X-ray that is hitting the CZT detector – you can create colour, or spectroscopic images."
From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025
This small device uses a spectroscopic sensor and light source to measure leaf color without blocking sunlight, and it can track changes in the same spot over time.
From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2024
Researchers have developed a technique to speed up spectroscopic analysis.
From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2024
Additionally, they established a conceptual model for extending the fabricated one-dimensional structure into a two-dimensional spectroscopic sensor, theoretically confirming the ability to amplify Raman spectroscopic signals by up to several billion times.
From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2024
The first hint of the true situation came not from spectroscopic studies in the visible or near-infrared parts of the spectrum, but rather from the radio region.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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