| spectral | 1. Of or pertaining to a specter; ghosty. "He that feels timid at the spectral form of evil is not the man to spread light." (F. W. Robertson) 2. <optics> Of or pertaining to the spectrum; made by the spectrum; as, spectral colours; spectral analysis. Spectral lemur. <zoology> See Tarsius. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| spectral sensitivity | The reciprocal of the amount of monochromatic radiation that produces a fixed response. (05 Mar 2000) |
| karyotyping | Producing a karyotype for a cell or a cell line. (27 Sep 1997) |
| karyotyping, flow | Use of flow cytometry to analyze and/or separate chromosomes on the basis of their DNA content. Flow cytometry detects the light- absorbing or fluorescing properties of chromosomes passing in a narrow stream through a laser beam and with automated sorting devices can sort successive droplets of the stream into different fractions depending on the fluorescence emitted by each droplet. (12 Dec 1998) |
| flow karyotyping | Use of flow cytometry toanalyse and/orseparate chromosomes on the basis of their DNA content. (09 Oct 1997) |