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spectrophone

spectrophone noun: an instrument constructed on the principle of the photophone and used in spectrum analysis as an adjunct to the spectroscope.

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.
  2. An instrument that is used to investigate the vibration of polyatomic gases by measuring pressure vibrations in the gas upon radiation with infrared light

Forms of spectrophone

pluralspectrophones

Origin of spectrophone

From spectro- + -phone.

Words formed from spectrophone

Questions about spectrophone

What does spectrophone mean?
Spectrophone means an instrument constructed on the principle of the photophone and used in spectrum analysis as an adjunct to the spectroscope.
What part of speech is spectrophone?
Spectrophone is a noun.
What is the plural of spectrophone?
The plural of spectrophone is spectrophones.

Words near spectrophone in the dictionary

  1. spectromorphometric
  2. spectromorphometry
  3. spectronomy
  4. spectrophilia
  5. spectrophobia
  6. spectrophone
  7. spectrophones
  8. spectrophonic
  9. spectrophore
  10. spectrophores
  11. spectrophoretic

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