spectropolarimeter

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

/ ˌspɛk troʊˌpoʊ ləˈrɪm ɪ tər /

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.

Nearby words

spectrometry, spectromicroscope, spectrophotoelectric, spectrophotometer, spectrophotometric analysis, spectropolarimeter, spectropolariscope, spectroradiometer, spectroscope, spectroscopic analysis, spectroscopic binary

Origin of spectropolarimeter

spectro- + polarimeter