spectrograph

English

Etymology

From spectro- +‎ -graph.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈspɛktɹəˌɡɹæf/

Noun

spectrograph (plural spectrographs)

1. A machine for recording spectra, producing spectrograms.
   • 1960 June, “Talking of Trains: New B.R. research laboratory”, in Trains Illustrated, page 329:

     Diesel maintenance schedules are benefiting from work done on the magnificent Hilger & Watts electronic spectrograph for oil analysis, which detects minute quantities of metals in samples of used lubricating oil; [...].

Synonyms

• quantometer

Derived terms

• mass spectrograph

Related terms

• spectrographic
• spectrography

Translations

machine for recording spectra

Catalan: espectrògraf m Dutch: spectrograaf m Finnish: spektrografi (fi) French: spectrographe m Irish: speictreagraf m Zazaki: spektrograf

References

• “spectrograph”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.