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Definition of: spectrograph
(spek′trə·graf, -gräf) noun Physics
1. An apparatus for photographing a spectrum or for forming a representation of the spectrum in any way.
2. A photograph of a spectrum.
—sound spectrograph An electronic instrument designed to record the frequencies of speech sounds as measured in cycles per second, and the amplitude at any given frequency: used in acoustic phonetics.
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