Spectrograph

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spectrograph \Spec"tro*graph\, n. [Spectrum + graph.] (Physics)
     (a) An apparatus for photographing or mapping a spectrum.
     (b) A photograph or picture of a spectrum. --
         {Spec`tro*graph"ic}, a. -- {Spec`tro*graph"ic*al*ly},
         adv. -- {Spec*trog"ra*phy}, n.
         [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spectrograph
       n 1: a spectroscope by which spectra can be photographed
       2: a photographic record of a spectrum [syn: {spectrogram}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "spectrograph":
     Cassegrainian telescope, Newtonian telescope, OAO, OSO,
     astronomical observatory, astronomical telescope, coelostat,
     coronagraph, coronograph, heliostat, observatory, orrery,
     planetarium, radar telescope, radio observatory, radio telescope,
     reflector, refractor, spectrogram, spectroheliogram,
     spectroheliograph, spectrohelioscope, spectroscope, telescope