spectrograph

noun

spec·tro·graph | \ ˈspek-t(r)ə-ˌgraf

Definition of spectrograph

: an instrument for dispersing radiation (such as electromagnetic radiation or sound waves) into a spectrum and recording or mapping the spectrum

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Other Words from spectrograph

spectrographic \ ˌspek-t(r)ə-ˈgra-fik

\ adjective

spectrographically \ ˌspek-t(r)ə-ˈgra-fi-k(ə-)lē

\ adverb

spectrography \ spek-ˈträ-grə-fē

\ noun

Examples of spectrograph in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web My daughter, Starling, looked so small in my viewfinder, struggling under the weight of her spectrograph. — Karen Russell, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021 The new spectrograph is capable of observing 5,000 targets simultaneously and is positioned on a telescope that has a primary mirror with a diameter approximately twice that of the Sloan telescope’s. — Kyle Dawson, Scientific American, 1 May 2021 Determining the photochemical reactions happening in a faraway atmosphere takes an advanced and extremely fine-tuned telescope fit with a spectrograph. — Meghan Herbst, Wired, 4 Mar. 2021 Fischer’s high-precision EXPRES radial velocity spectrograph—and an even more advanced European counterpart, ESPRESSO—are both already operational. — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 10 Feb. 2021 The next step was to use the high-resolution spectrograph at the W.M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii to search for evidence of a companion around the star. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 18 Nov. 2020 Among the spacecraft's instruments is an ultraviolet spectrograph, or UVS, that images Jupiter's auroras in ultraviolet light. — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 28 Oct. 2020 To get a better look at the system, the team used the European Southern Observatory's HARPS spectrograph in Chile. — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 6 July 2020 The High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher, known as the HARPS spectrograph, detected two planets around Gliese 887. — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 25 June 2020

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