dispersometer

noun

dispersometer

noun

Etymology From disperse + -o- + -meter.

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Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics 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.1969 January 15, Hans J. Liebe, Thomas A. Dillon, “Accurate Foreign‐Gas‐Broadening Parameters of the 22‐GHz H₂O Line from Refraction Spectroscopy”, in The Journal of Chemical Physics, volume 50, number 2, →DOI, page 728:

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