spectropolarimeter: Meaning and Definition of

spec•tro•po•lar•im•e•ter

Pronunciation: (spek"trō-pō"lu-rim'i-tur), [key]
— n. Optics.
  1. an instrument for determining the extent to which plane-polarized light of various wavelengths is rotated by certain solutions, consisting of a combination of a spectroscope and a polarimeter.
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