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spectroscope


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  spectroscope 
  n  :  an  instrument  for  spectrographic  analysis  [syn:  {prism 
  spectroscope}] 




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