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Spectrometer vs Bichromatic - What's the difference?

spectrometer | bichromatic |

As a noun spectrometer

is (analytical chemistry) an optical instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances; typically it will plot a graph of absorption versus wavelength or frequency, and the patterns produced are used to identify the substances present, and their internal structure.

As an adjective bichromatic is

(mathematics) describing a graph with edges of two possible (colours).

spectrometer

Noun

(en noun)
  • (analytical chemistry) An optical instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances; typically it will plot a graph of absorption versus wavelength or frequency, and the patterns produced are used to identify the substances present, and their internal structure.
  • bichromatic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (mathematics) Describing a graph with edges of two possible (colours)
  • (physics) Describing a spectrometer (or similar instrument or system) capable of analysing two wavelengths at the same time
  • See also

    * polychromatic