Meanings
plural spectrographs
- A machine for recording spectra, producing spectrograms.
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; […].
1960 June, “Talking of Trains: New B.R. research laboratory”, in Trains Illustrated, page 329Synonyms: quantometer
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA machine for recording spectra, producing spectrograms.
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Translations
Catalan espectrògraf
- espectrògrafmachine for recording spectra
Dutch spectrograaf
- spectrograafmachine for recording spectra
Finnish spektrografi
- spektrografimachine for recording spectra
French spectrographe
- spectrographemachine for recording spectra
Irish speictreagraf
- speictreagrafmachine for recording spectra
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spectrograph. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spectrograph
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