Dispersometer
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A device that measures optical dispersion.
"We describe a simple experimental method for determining the broadening efficiencies, mᵢ, of nonresonant foreign gas using a microwave dispersometer (differential refractometer).⁹ The measurements are made in two steps."
Example
More examples"We describe a simple experimental method for determining the broadening efficiencies, mᵢ, of nonresonant foreign gas using a microwave dispersometer (differential refractometer).⁹ The measurements are made in two steps."
Etymology
From disperse + -o- + -meter.
More for "dispersometer"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.