Data pre-processing in which a constant and a multiple of a reference data set is subtracted from data.
Note: MSC is typically used in near-infrared spectrometry to remove effects of non-homogeneous particle size.
Source:
PAC, 2016, 88, 407. 'Vocabulary of concepts and terms in chemometrics (IUPAC Recommendations 2016)' on page 411 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-0605)