How to Use spectroscopy in a Sentence

spectroscopy

noun
  • Venus gave us the birth of transit spectroscopy.
    — Big Think, 5 Feb. 2026
  • That requires deep spectroscopy, which will not be easy to acquire.
    — Big Think, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The Raman spectroscopy didn’t find any residues of plants or resins on the tooth.
    — ArsTechnica, 13 May 2026
  • Back in the lab, the team used spectroscopy to identify the types of plastic present.
    — Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 6 June 2019
  • The latter is the youngest galaxy ever to have its age confirmed through spectroscopy.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 4 Apr. 2023
  • For now, Manser hopes to apply the spectroscopy method to other star systems where gas disks are present.
    — Catherine Zuckerman, National Geographic, 4 Apr. 2019
  • Those fractions can then be separated further by the next step, mass spectroscopy.
    — Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 3 May 2023
  • The spectroscopy measures the metabolic levels in the brain.
    — Leanne Miller, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The other way is to use methods of spectroscopy to sort of visualize their structure.
    — Josh Fischman, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2014
  • Astronomers can use a process called spectroscopy to spread out the light from the galaxy, much like how a prism spreads out light and turns it into a rainbow.
    — Hailey Rose McLaughlin, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2019
  • Using these patterns to identify substances is known as spectroscopy.
    — Saima Sidik, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Feb. 2022
  • This technique, called elastic scattering spectroscopy, allows for a much closer look than what a provider can see with the naked eye.
    — Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 25 Jan. 2024
  • So spectroscopy is usually performed after whiskies have been removed from the bottle.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2020
  • Microscopy and Raman spectroscopy revealed why salt made such a difference.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Raman spectroscopy scanned multiple points across the film to detect structural damage.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Instead of blood tests, the scale utilizes something called bioimpedance spectroscopy (BIS) and foot sweat.
    — Victoria Song, The Verge, 5 Jan. 2026
  • With light integration, the circuits could also be used to assess tissue via spectroscopy.
    — Katherine Harmon, Scientific American, 11 Aug. 2011
  • The affordable low-power device uses a type of near-infrared spectroscopy to measure changes in blood flow within the brain.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 7 Jan. 2021
  • The third method the researchers used, called inelastic neutron scattering spectroscopy, is much less common.
    — Stephanie Demarco, latimes.com, 28 June 2019
  • So, when the planet's insides are on the outside, spectroscopy offers a clever way to see within terrestrial worlds.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025
  • To detect them, Morton's team used spectroscopy, a technique that measures how hot gas moves toward or away from Earth.
    — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • If successful, the racetrack laser could move precision spectroscopy out of specialized labs.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Apr. 2026
  • After hundreds of millions of years, some bonds within proteins persist and can be traced with Raman spectroscopy.
    — Gretchen Vogel, Science | AAAS, 8 Oct. 2019
  • The researchers took blood samples from all the volunteers and analyzed the samples with infrared spectroscopy.
    — Susan Scutti, CNN, 4 Sep. 2017
  • For the project, the team used a technique called ultraviolet Raman spectroscopy.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 27 Jan. 2026
  • But the paper calls for next steps, like spectroscopy of the data, in order to rule out other possible explanations.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The question remains as to whether NMR spectroscopy is a blessing or a curse for gin distilleries.
    — Eve Thomas, WIRED, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Scientists picked up signs of phosphene on Venus by using a technique called rotational spectroscopy.
    — Rhett Allain, Wired, 26 Sep. 2020
  • The team used Raman spectroscopy, a technique that measures vibrational modes, to study how phonons interfere.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2025
  • This method, called Doppler spectroscopy, has an easier time finding planets around relatively cool stars.
    — Lisa Grossman, WIRED, 25 June 2010

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