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spectrograph
[spek-truh-graf, -grahf]
noun
a spectroscope for photographing or producing a representation of a spectrum.
spectrograph
/ ˈspɛktrəʊˌɡrɑːf, -ˌɡræf /
noun
a spectroscope or spectrometer that produces a photographic record ( spectrogram ) of a spectrum See also sound spectrograph
spectrograph
A photograph or computer image of a spectrum produced by a spectroscope.
Also called spectrogram
See spectroscope
Other Word Forms
- spectrographer noun
- spectrographic adjective
- spectrographically adverb
- spectrography noun
- ˌٰˈ adverb
- ˌٰˈ adjective
- ˈٰDz noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of spectrograph1
Example Sentences
To identify the disk gases, the team used MIRI's spectrograph to decompose the infrared radiation received from the disk into signatures of small wavelength ranges -- similar to sunlight being split into a rainbow.
These measurements were only possible thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope's incredibly sensitive infrared spectrograph capabilities.
The researchers utilized an astronomical spectrograph that was put together by a team of scientists led by Mahadevan.
The team had wanted to use an array of thousands of tiny switchable mirrors to deflect light from individual galaxies into a light-splitting spectrograph, gathering spectra from many galaxies at once.
It’s packaged together with the NIRISS, which has a camera and a spectrograph to take images and spectra in the near-infrared range.
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