spectroscopen.
/ˈspɛktrəskəʊp/, U.S. /ˈspɛktrəˌskoʊp/ An instrument specially designed for the production and examination of spectra.
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the world > matter > colour > science of colour > [noun] > spectroscope
spectroscope1861
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instruments for observing > [noun] > light or radiation
iriscope1841
spectroscope1861
photoscope1872
melanoscope1876
schistoscope1876
radioscope1896
spinthariscope1903
scintilloscope1904
streak camera1962
the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > decomposition of light, spectrum > study of spectra > [noun] > instrument used in
spectroscope1861
spectrometer1874
spectrophotometer1881
spectrograph1884
integrating spectroscope1898
X-ray spectrometer1914
milliprobe1963
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > chromatism > [noun] > spectrum > instrument for examining
spectroscope1861
1861 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 8 279 The results obtained by the spectroscope.
1866 H. E. Roscoe Lessons Elem. Chem. xiv. 130 It [sc. boracic acid] imparts a peculiar green tint to the blowpipe flame, which exhibits a characteristic series of bands when examined by means of the spectroscope.
1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. i. 6 By means of the spectroscope, it has been ascertained that the terrestrial elements, found in meteoric stones, may be found also in the sun.
Derivatives
ˈspectroscope v. (transitive) to examine by means of a spectroscope.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical skills and techniques > use optical skills and techniques [verb (transitive)] > use instruments
spectroscope1881
the world > matter > colour > science of colour > [verb (transitive)] > examine by spectroscope
spectroscope1881
1881 Standard 30 Dec. 5/2 It was photographed and spectroscoped.
1886 Piazzi Smyth in Trans. Royal Soc. Edinb. XXXII. 521 Hence a solar spectroscoping..might be expected to have some further special interest connected with our own earth.
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