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PRISM SPECTROSCOPE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does prism spectroscope mean?
• PRISM SPECTROSCOPE (noun)
The noun PRISM SPECTROSCOPE has 1 sense:
1. an optical instrument for spectrographic analysis
Familiarity information: PRISM SPECTROSCOPE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An optical instrument for spectrographic analysis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
prism spectroscope; spectroscope
Hypernyms ("prism spectroscope" is a kind of...):
optical instrument (an instrument designed to aid vision)
Meronyms (parts of "prism spectroscope"):
collimator (optical device consisting of a tube containing a convex achromatic lens at one end and a slit at the other with the slit at the focus of the lens; light rays leave the slit as a parallel beam)
optical prism; prism (optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prism spectroscope"):
mass spectrometer; spectrometer (spectroscope for obtaining a mass spectrum by deflecting ions into a thin slit and measuring the ion current with an electrometer)
spectrograph (a spectroscope by which spectra can be photographed)
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