ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Spectrophone

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Spectrophone is a noun meaning An instrument constructed on the principle of the photophone and used in spectrum analysis as an adjunct to the spectroscope.

Meaning

An instrument constructed on the principle of the photophone and used in spectrum analysis as an adjunct to the spectroscope.

More Meanings

  1. (physics) An instrument that is used to investigate the vibration of polyatomic gases by measuring pressure vibrations in the gas upon radiation with infrared light

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include spectroscope, spectrograph, spectrophotograph, spectrohelioscope, spectrascope, spectrophotogoniometer.

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