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Spectrometer
n.
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A spectroscope fitted for measurements of the luminious spectra observed with it.
Spectrophotometer
n.
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An instrument for measuring or comparing the intensites of the colors of the spectrum.
Spectroscope
n.
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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.
Spectroscopic
a.
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Alt. of Spectroscopical
Spectroscopical
a.
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Of or pertaining to a spectroscope, or spectroscopy.
Spectroscopist
n.
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One who investigates by means of a spectroscope; one skilled in the use of the spectroscope.
Spectroscopy
n.
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The use of the spectroscope; investigations made with the spectroscope.
Spectra
pl.
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of Spectrum
Spectrum
n.
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An apparition; a specter.
Spectrum
n.
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The several colored and other rays of which light is composed, separated by the refraction of a prism or other means, and observed or studied either as spread out on a screen, by direct vision, by photography, or otherwise. See Illust. of Light, and Spectroscope.
Spectrum
n.
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A luminous appearance, or an image seen after the eye has been exposed to an intense light or a strongly illuminated object. When the object is colored, the image appears of the complementary color, as a green image seen after viewing a red wafer lying on white paper. Called also ocular spectrum.
Specular
a.
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Having the qualities of a speculum, or mirror; having a smooth, reflecting surface; as, a specular metal; a specular surface.
Specular
a.
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Of or pertaining to a speculum; conducted with the aid of a speculum; as, a specular examination.
Specular
a.
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Assisting sight, as a lens or the like.
Specular
a.
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Affording view.
Speculated
imp. & p. p.
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of Speculate
Speculate
v. i.
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To consider by turning a subject in the mind, and viewing it in its different aspects and relations; to meditate; to contemplate; to theorize; as, to speculate on questions in religion; to speculate on political events.
Speculate
v. i.
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To view subjects from certain premises given or assumed, and infer conclusions respecting them a priori.
Speculate
v. i.
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To purchase with the expectation of a contingent advance in value, and a consequent sale at a profit; -- often, in a somewhat depreciative sense, of unsound or hazardous transactions; as, to speculate in coffee, in sugar, or in bank stock.
Speculate
v. t.
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To consider attentively; as, to speculate the nature of a thing.
Speculation
n.
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The act of speculating.
Speculation
n.
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Examination by the eye; view.
Speculation
n.
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Mental view of anything in its various aspects and relations; contemplation; intellectual examination.
Speculation
n.
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The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.
Speculation
n.
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The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets.
Speculation
n.
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Any business venture in involving unusual risks, with a chance for large profits.
Speculation
n.
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A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; view; notion; conjecture.
Speculation
n.
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Power of sight.
Speculation
n.
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A game at cards in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes.
Speculatist
n.
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One who speculates, or forms theories; a speculator; a theorist.