Definition of Spectrograph

1. Noun. A spectroscope by which spectra can be photographed.

Specialized synonyms: Sound Spectrograph
Generic synonyms: Prism Spectroscope, Spectroscope
Derivative terms: Spectrographic

2. Noun. A photographic record of a spectrum.
Exact synonyms: Spectrogram
Generic synonyms: Exposure, Photo, Photograph, Pic, Picture
Specialized synonyms: Visible Speech
Derivative terms: Spectrographic

Definition of Spectrograph

1. n. An apparatus for photographing or mapping a spectrum.

Definition of Spectrograph

1. Noun. A machine for recording spectra, producing spectrograms. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Spectrograph

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Medical Definition of Spectrograph

1. An instrument used in spectography. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spectrograph

spectroastrometric
spectroastrometry
spectrochemical
spectrochemistry
spectrocolorimeter
spectroelectrochemical
spectroelectrochemistry
spectrofluorimeter
spectrofluorimetry
spectrofluorometer
spectrofluorometers
spectrofluorometry
spectrofluorophotometer
spectrogram
spectrograms
spectrograph (current term)
spectrographic
spectrographic analysis
spectrographically
spectrographies
spectrographs
spectrography
spectroheliogram
spectroheliograms
spectroheliograph
spectroheliographs
spectroheliokinematograph
spectroheliokinematographs
spectrohelioscope
spectrohelioscopes

Literary usage of Spectrograph

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"23. then the lines of the stellar spectrogram would be seen in focus of the eyepiece and the image of the solar spectrograph would be obliterated. ..."

2. Contributions from the Mount Wilson Observatory by Mount Wilson Observatory, Carnegie Institution of Washington (1908)
"Cow<f£ for spectroscopic work with a very large spectrograph mounted on stationary piers in an underground constant.temperature pit; in this use the ..."

3. A Handbook of Physics Measurements by Ervin Sidney Ferry, Oscar William Silvey, George William Sherman, David Christie Duncan (1918)
"The instrument is provided with a camera which can be substituted for the telescope. It is for this reason that the instrument is called a spectrograph. ..."

4. A Handbook of Physics Measurements by Ervin Sidney Ferry, Oscar William Silvey, George William Sherman, David Christie Duncan (1918)
"The instrument is provided with a camera which can be substituted for the telescope. It is for this reason that the instrument is called a spectrograph. ..."

5. A Handbook of Physics Measurements by Ervin Sidney Ferry, Oscar William Silvey, George William Sherman, David Christie Duncan (1918)
"The instrument is provided with a camera which can be substituted for the telescope. It is for this reason that the instrument is called a spectrograph. ..."

6. Hydrates in Aqueous Solution: Evidence for the Existence of Hydrates in by Harry Clary Jones, Frederick Hutton Getman, Harry Preston Bassett, Leroy McMaster, Horace Scudder Uhler (1907)
"THE spectrograph. The apparatus was designed by one* of us in his previous study of the absorption spectra of the aniline dyes. Since reference to other ..."

7. An Investigation of the Rotation Period of the Sun by Spectroscopic Methods by Walter Sydney Adams, Jennie Belle Lasby (1911)
"The spectrograph employed with the tower telescope is of 30 feet (9.1 m) focal length ... The spectrograph is of the auto-collimating type and consists of a ..."

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