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分光学 (ぶんこうがく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

分ぶん光こう学がく

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Meanings

1

noun

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いる。
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

Similar 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.

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.