spectropolarimeter

[spek-troh-poh-luh-rim-i-ter]

noun Optics.

an instrument for determining the extent to which plane-polarized light of various wavelengths is rotated by certain solutions, consisting of a combination of a spectroscope and a polarimeter.

Origin of spectropolarimeter

spectro- + polarimeter

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