An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
English-French-Persian

A suffix used to form abstract action nouns corresponding to nouns with stems ending in → -scope.

From Gk. -skopia, → -scope + -ia.

-bini, from -bin, → -scope, + -i noun suffix.

1) A reproduction, imitation; a thing made to be like another.
2a) To make a reproduction or copy (of).
2b) Computers: Reproduce (data stored in one location) in another location.

M.E. copie, from O.Fr. copie, from M.L. copia "reproduction, transcript," from L. copia "plenty," from → com- "with" + ops "power, wealth."

Pacen, from Mid.Pers. pacên "copy," ultimately from Proto-Ir. *pati-cak- "strike against, beat through," i.e. "stamp;" from *pati- + *cak- "to strike;" compare with Ger. Durchschlag "copy" literally "striking through;" related to câk "fissure."

The legal right of the owner of intellectual property (such as a book, play, film, photograph, or piece of music). Simply put, copyright is the right to copy.

→ copy; → right; → author.

A technique in spectroscopy for recording a spectrum from each point of an extended object. The field of view image is divided into a multitude of small components using different methods, e.g. lenslet arrays, fiber bundles, or image slicers. From each component a spectrum is extracted or an image is reconstructed at a particular wavelength.

→ integral; → field; → spectroscopy.

A technique of spectroscopy using fiber optics whereby several objects distributed over the field of view can be observed simultaneously.

→ multi-; → object; → spectroscopy.

The study of spectral lines from different atoms and molecules. Spectroscopy is an important part of studying the physical and chemical properties of astronomical objects.

Spectro- combining form of → spectrum + → -scopy.