Hypertext Webster Gateway: "spectroscope"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spectroscope \Spec"tro*scope\, n. [Spectrum + -scope.] (Physics)
An optical instrument for forming and examining spectra (as
that of solar light, or those produced by flames in which
different substances are volatilized), so as to determine,
from the position of the spectral lines, the composition of
the substance.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
spectroscope
n : an optical instrument for spectrographic analysis [syn: {prism
spectroscope}]
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