"spectrophone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spectrophones [plural]
Etymology: spectro- + -phone Etymology templates: {{confix|en|spectro|phone}} spectro- + -phone Head templates: {{en-noun}} spectrophone (plural spectrophones)
  1. An instrument constructed on the principle of the photophone and used in spectrum analysis as an adjunct to the spectroscope.
    Sense id: en-spectrophone-en-noun-2SOIphgo Categories (other): English terms prefixed with spectro- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with spectro-: 47 53
  2. (physics) An instrument that is used to investigate the vibration of polyatomic gases by measuring pressure vibrations in the gas upon radiation with infrared light Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-spectrophone-en-noun-A4hp0AH~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with spectro-, English terms suffixed with -phone Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with spectro-: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -phone: 39 61 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

Inflected forms

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