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spectrophone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
spec-tro-phone
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An instrument constructed on the principle of the photophone and used in spectrum analysis as an adjunct to the spectroscope.

noun

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

Etymology

From spectro- + -phone.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

spectrophones (plural)

Derived Forms

spectrophonic

Questions

What does spectrophone mean?
An instrument constructed on the principle of the photophone and used in spectrum analysis as an adjunct to the spectroscope.
Where does spectrophone come from?
From spectro- + -phone.

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