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spectroscope

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.63 in modern English

Syllables
spec-tro-scope
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An optical instrument used for spectrographic analysis .

Etymology

From spectro- + -scope.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

spectroscopes (plural)

Derived Forms

microspectroscope retrospectroscope spectroscopic spectroscopical spectroscopically telespectroscope

Frequently Paired Words

spectrograph spectrometer

Synonyms

prism spectroscope

Questions

What does spectroscope mean?
An optical instrument used for spectrographic analysis .
Where does spectroscope come from?
From spectro- + -scope.

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