noun
Meaning 1
A machine for recording spectra, producing spectrograms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
spectrograph
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /ˈspɛktɹəˌɡɹæf/
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noun
Meaning 2
a photographic record of a spectrum
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spectrogram
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: photograph, photo, exposure, picture, pic
Narrower terms: visible speech
noun
Meaning 3
a spectroscope by which spectra can be photographed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spectroscope, prism spectroscope
Narrower terms: sound spectrograph
History
Etymology
From spectro- + -graph.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: espectrògraf — machine for recording spectra
- Dutch: spectrograaf — machine for recording spectra
- Finnish: spektrografi — machine for recording spectra
- French: spectrographe — machine for recording spectra
- Irish: speictreagraf — machine for recording spectra
- Zazaki: spektrograf — machine for recording spectra