spectrology

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English

Etymology 1

From spectro- +‎ -ology.

Noun

spectrology (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) spectrometry.

Etymology 2

From spectre +‎ -ology.

Noun

spectrology (uncountable)

  1. The study of ghosts and spirits; demonology.
    • 2017, Daniel I. Russell, Entertaining Demons:
      Samuel had studied parapsychology and spectrology back in the States before landing this job, an investigator on PI. Viewers loved him. A comforting anchor, Samuel was a contradiction to the frightening events portrayed.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for spectrology”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)