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spectro-

spectro- prefix: optical spectra.

Prefix

spectro-

  1. optical spectra.

Origin of spectro-

From spectrum.

Questions about spectro-

What does spectro- mean?
Spectro- means optical spectra.
What part of speech is spectro-?
Spectro- is a prefix.

Words near spectro- in the dictionary

  1. spectres at the feast
  2. spectrin
  3. spectrinopathies
  4. spectrinopathy
  5. spectrins
  6. spectro-
  7. spectroanalyses
  8. spectroanalysis
  9. spectroanalytic
  10. spectroanalytical
  11. spectroastrometric

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