prism spectroscope

Questions about prism spectroscope

What does prism spectroscope mean?

prism spectroscope means "an optical instrument for spectrographic analysis".

What is another word for prism spectroscope?

Close synonyms include spectroscope. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is prism spectroscope a common word?

prism spectroscope is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.