spectroscope
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- noun
- /ˈspɛktrəˌskoʊp/
- Specialized
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espectroscopio
- The sole job of a spectroscope is to break light into a rainbow of its component colors.
So you have what is known as a spectroscope or the most powerful way to see light ever designed.
- So you have what is known as a spectroscope or the most powerful way to see light ever designed.
- But one of the other things he was working towards was to use a spectroscope.
- We also talked about how you need your periodic table on that date and how you may need your spectroscope because they might give you an LED candle instead.
Examples
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Astronomers use such devices in spectroscopes attached to their telescopes.
Academic text (2004) -
Just about the time Sir John Herschel published his vast catalog, a new scientific instrument, the spectroscope, joined the search for nebulae.
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Take the spectroscope outside and look at the sky.
Academic text (2008) -
I looked into the spectroscope.
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Why do some of the spectra you see in the spectroscope have bright lines in certain colors?
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Using spectroscopes, astronomers have been able to learn the chemical composition of the stars and much, much more.
Academic text (2004) -
But it also mentioned that Bunsen and Kirkhoff had used their spectroscope to analyse sunlight to probe what elements are present in the sun.
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The scientist used the spectroscope to analyze the light emitted by the stars.
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During the experiment, the spectroscope revealed the different colors present in the light spectrum.
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Teachers often demonstrate how a spectroscope works by showing students the spectrum of a light bulb.
Synonyms
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A machine that measures light or separates charged particles to identify substances
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A machine that records the different colours of light from something for scientific study
An instrument that uses a prism to split light into separate colors for study
Compounds
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An instrument that uses a prism to split light into separate colors for study
How Precise
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Surface Forms
Morphology
spectroscope = spectro + scope
The word is built compositionally from the classical combining forms spectro- and -scope, but the technical scientific sense is not fully transparent for average learners.
Etymology
Spectroscope joins spectro-, a root that means 'to look' you can see in spectacle or inspect, with -scope, which also means 'to look' as in telescope. So a spectroscope is literally a tool for 'looking' at light by spreading it into colors and patterns so scientists can study it.