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分光学 (bunkougaku) Japanese meaning: spectroscopy | Kotomora

分ぶん光こう学がく

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Meanings

1

Academic term for the study of the interaction between matter and electromagnetic radiation.

分ぶん光こう学がくは化か学がく分ぶん析せきに広ひろく応おう用ようされて

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。

Spectroscopy is widely applied in chemical analysis.

彼かれは大だい学がくで分ぶん光こう学がくを専せん攻こうした。

He majored in spectroscopy at university.

Kanji

分part, minute of time, segment
光ray, light
学study, learning, science

Related words

分ぶん光こう器き
分光器 is a spectrometer (the instrument), while 分光学 is the field of study.
スペクトル
スペクトル refers to a spectrum, the data obtained through spectroscopy.

Word family

天てん体たい分ぶん光こう学がく
astronomical spectroscopy; astronomical photometry

Built from

分ぶん+光こう学がく

Etymology

Compound of 分光 (spectral, light-dispersing) and 学 (study, -ology). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term follows the standard pattern for academic disciplines in Japanese.