n, pl  -pies  1 a  :  the production and investigation of spectra  b  :  the process or technique of using a spectroscope or spectrometer  2  :  physics that deals with the theory and interpretation of interactions between matter and radiation (as electromagnetic radiation) .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  spec·tro·scope 
 
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