spectroscope

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noun

An optical instrument used for spectrographic analysis .

Similar
prism spectroscope
UncommonFirst used later 19th c.Scrabble 20
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Meanings

nounspectroscope (plural spectroscopes)

plural spectroscopes

  1. An optical instrument used for spectrographic analysis .First known use later 19th c.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan optical instrument for spectrographic analysis

Similar
prism spectroscope
Broader
optical instrument

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From spectro- + -scope.

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Translations

Arabic مِطْيَاف
  • مِطْيَاف (miṭyāf)optical instrument used for spectrographic analysis
Bulgarian спектроскоп
  • спектроскоп (spektroskop)optical instrument used for spectrographic analysis
Catalan espectroscopi
  • espectroscopioptical instrument used for spectrographic analysis
Chinese Mandarin 分光鏡 /分光镜, 光譜鏡 /光谱镜
  • 分光鏡 /分光镜 (fēnguāngjìng)optical instrument used for spectrographic analysis
  • 光譜鏡 /光谱镜 (guāngpǔjìng)optical instrument used for spectrographic analysis
Czech spektroskop, vidmohled
  • spektroskopoptical instrument used for spectrographic analysis
  • vidmohledoptical instrument used for spectrographic analysis
Danish spektroskop
  • spektroskopoptical instrument used for spectrographic analysis
Dutch spectroscoop
  • spectroscoopoptical instrument used for spectrographic analysis
Esperanto spektroskopo
  • spektroskopooptical instrument used for spectrographic analysis
Estonian spektroskoop
  • spektroskoopoptical instrument used for spectrographic analysis
Finnish spektroskooppi
  • spektroskooppioptical instrument used for spectrographic analysis
French spectroscope
  • spectroscopeoptical instrument used for spectrographic analysis
German Spektroskop
  • Spektroskopoptical instrument used for spectrographic analysis
Greek φασματοσκόπιο
  • φασματοσκόπιο (fasmatoskópio)optical instrument used for spectrographic analysis
Hebrew ספקטרוסקופ
  • ספקטרוסקופ (spektroskóp)optical instrument used for spectrographic analysis
Hungarian spektroszkóp
  • spektroszkópoptical instrument used for spectrographic analysis
Irish speictreascóp
  • speictreascópoptical instrument used for spectrographic analysis
Italian spettroscopio
  • spettroscopiooptical instrument used for spectrographic analysis
Japanese 分光器
  • 分光器 (bunkōki)optical instrument used for spectrographic analysis
Korean 분광기
  • 분광기 (bun'gwanggi)optical instrument used for spectrographic analysis
Latvian spektroskops
  • spektroskopsoptical instrument used for spectrographic analysis
Lithuanian spektroskopas
  • spektroskopasoptical instrument used for spectrographic analysis
Norwegian Bokmål spektroskop
  • spektroskopoptical instrument used for spectrographic analysis
Polish spektroskop
  • spektroskopoptical instrument used for spectrographic analysis
Portuguese espectroscópio
  • espectroscópiooptical instrument used for spectrographic analysis
Romanian spectroscop
  • spectroscopoptical instrument used for spectrographic analysis
Russian спектроскоп
  • спектроскоп (spektroskop)optical instrument used for spectrographic analysis
Slovak spektroskop
  • spektroskopoptical instrument used for spectrographic analysis
Spanish espectroscopio
  • espectroscopiooptical instrument used for spectrographic analysis
Swedish spektroskop
  • spektroskopoptical instrument used for spectrographic analysis
Tagalog balngawsipat
  • balngawsipatoptical instrument used for spectrographic analysis
Turkish spektroskop, tayfölçer
  • spektroskopoptical instrument used for spectrographic analysis
  • tayfölçeroptical instrument used for spectrographic analysis
Ukrainian спектроскоп
  • спектроскоп (spektroskop)optical instrument used for spectrographic analysis
Vietnamese kính quang phổ
  • kính quang phổoptical instrument used for spectrographic analysis
Cite this entry
APA

spectroscope. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spectroscope

MLA

“spectroscope.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spectroscope. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spectroscope,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spectroscope.

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