spectroscope
pronunciation
How to pronounce spectroscope in British English:
UK [ˈspektrəskəʊp]
How to pronounce spectroscope in American English:
US [ˈspektrəskoʊp]
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- Noun:
- an optical instrument for spectrographic analysis
Word Origin
- spectroscope (n.)
- 1861, from spectro- + -scope. A Greek-Latin hybrid, both elements from the same PIE root. Related: Spectroscopic; spectroscopy.
Example
- 1. From this , about 1750 , the spectroscope was developed .
- 2. These composites are of interest to engineers in their own right , but when dr broomell and dr waite stuck ragworm jaws in an x-ray spectroscope they found no sign of mineralisation at all .
- 3. It would be obvious to anyone who turned a spectroscope on earth , for example , that something odd was going on . Air that is 21 % oxygen , one of the most reactive elements in the periodic table , suggests the gas is being freshly minted-as it is , by photosynthesis .