spectroscope Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an optical instrument for spectrographic analysis
    prism spectroscope.

WordNet

Spec"tro*scope noun
Etymology
Spectrum + -scope.
Definitions
  1. (Physics) An optical instrument for forming and examining spectra (as that of solar light, or those produced by flames in which different substances are volatilized), so as to determine, from the position of the spectral lines, the composition of the substance.

Webster 1913