absorption spectrophotometry

noun

: atomic absorption spectrophotometry

Absorption spectrophotometry is concerned with the absorption of incident radiation, as a function of wavelength, upon passage through a given medium.

—Tom D. Schlabech, Encyclopedia Of Chemistry, 1966

Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined above

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