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    PRISM SPECTROSCOPE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An optical instrument for spectrographic analysisplay

    Synonyms:

    prism spectroscope; spectroscope

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("prism spectroscope" is a kind of...):

    optical instrument (an instrument designed to aid vision)

    Meronyms (parts of "prism spectroscope"):

    collimator (optical device consisting of a tube containing a convex achromatic lens at one end and a slit at the other with the slit at the focus of the lens; light rays leave the slit as a parallel beam)

    optical prism; prism (optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prism spectroscope"):

    mass spectrometer; spectrometer (spectroscope for obtaining a mass spectrum by deflecting ions into a thin slit and measuring the ion current with an electrometer)

    spectrograph (a spectroscope by which spectra can be photographed)

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