Meaning | An optical instrument for spectrographic analysis. |
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Synonym | spectroscope |
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Parts | 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 |
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prism, optical prism | optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz |
Narrower | mass spectrometer, spectrometer | spectroscope for obtaining a mass spectrum by deflecting ions into a thin slit and measuring the ion current with an electrometer |
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spectrograph | A spectroscope by which spectra can be photographed |
Broader | optical instrument | An instrument designed to aid vision |
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Spanish | espectroscopio de prisma, espectroscopio |
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Catalan | espectroscopi |
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