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spectrograph

noun

  1. instrument or apparatus for photographing or otherwise recording spectra
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈspɛktɹəˌɡɹæf/

noun

Etymology: From spectro- + -graph.

  1. 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; […].”