spectrophone

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

spectro- +‎ -phone

Noun[edit]

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