spectrometer

[ spek-trom-i-ter ]

/ spɛkˈtrɒm ɪ tər /

noun Optics.

an optical device for measuring wavelengths, deviation of refracted rays, and angles between faces of a prism, especially an instrument (prism spectrometer) consisting of a slit through which light passes, a collimator, a prism that deviates the light, and a telescope through which the deviated light is viewed and examined.

Words nearby spectrometer

spectrography, spectroheliogram, spectroheliograph, spectrohelioscope, spectrology, spectrometer, spectrometry, spectromicroscope, spectrophotoelectric, spectrophotometer, spectrophotometric analysis

Origin of spectrometer

First recorded in 1870–75; spectro- + -meter

OTHER WORDS FROM spectrometer

spec·tro·met·ric

[spek-truh-me-trik] /ˌspɛk trəˈmɛ trɪk/, adjectivespec·trom·e·try, noun

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Examples from the Web for spectrometer

The spectrometer is characterized by high data rates and many events per burst.
On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969|H. W. Fulbright et al.
This spectrometer detects and measures gamma rays and sorts them according to their energy.
The Atomic Fingerprint|Bernard Keisch

British Dictionary definitions for spectrometer

spectrometer

/ (spɛkˈtrɒmɪtə) /

noun

any instrument for producing a spectrum, esp one in which wavelength, energy, intensity, etc, can be measuredSee also mass spectrometer

Derived forms of spectrometer

spectrometric (ˌspɛktrəʊˈmɛtrɪk), adjectivespectrometry, noun

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Medicine definitions for spectrometer

spectrometer

[ spĕk-trŏm′ĭ-tər ]

n.

A spectroscope equipped with scales for measuring wavelengths or indexes of refraction.

Other words from spectrometer

spec′tro•met′ric (-trə-mĕt′rĭk) adj.

Science definitions for spectrometer

spectrometer

[ spĕk-trŏm′ĭ-tər ]

A spectroscope equipped with devices for measuring the frequencies of the radiation observed by it.