Radiospectrograph
//ˌreɪdioʊˈspɛktrəɡræf// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An instrument that records the intensity of radio frequency emissions across a range of frequencies over time, producing a visual representation known as a radio spectrogram.
"The Culgoora radiospectrograph picks up signals from the sun by broadband antennas and receivers which are swept over the whole band rapidly so that they record the signals received at all frequencies within half a second."
Example
More examples"The Culgoora radiospectrograph picks up signals from the sun by broadband antennas and receivers which are swept over the whole band rapidly so that they record the signals received at all frequencies within half a second."
Etymology
From radio + spectrograph.
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