spectrograph
Americannoun
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a spectroscope for photographing or producing a representation of a spectrum.
noun
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A photograph or computer image of a spectrum produced by a spectroscope.
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Also called spectrogram
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See spectroscope
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The X-shooter spectrograph on ESO's VLT in the Chilean Atacama Desert provided the crucial data.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 22, 2024
Now, Webb has completely revolutionized the search for galaxy neighborhoods because of an instrument called a wide-field slitless spectrograph.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2023
The team had wanted to use an array of thousands of tiny switchable mirrors to deflect light from individual galaxies into a light-splitting spectrograph, gathering spectra from many galaxies at once.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 21, 2023
It’s packaged together with the NIRISS, which has a camera and a spectrograph to take images and spectra in the near-infrared range.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 1, 2022
As Lawrence expected, the skills of the mass spectrograph operators improved dramatically with experience, expanding the device’s capabilities; by mid-January, a nine-hour run yielded 18 micrograms of uranium enriched to 25 percent U-235.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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