分光计 (fēn guāng jì) — spectrometer | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

spectrometer

Measure word · 台

分光计。
Tā yòng fēn guāng jì cè liáng le guāng de bō cháng.
He measured the wavelength of light using a spectrometer.
分光计。
Zhè tái fēn guāng jì kě yǐ fēn xī bù tóng yuán sù de guāng pǔ.
This spectrometer can analyze the spectra of different elements.
分光计。
Shí yàn shì lǐ yǒu yì tái xīn de fēn guāng jì.
There is a new spectrometer in the lab.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

分光split light

动宾Verb + object

计jìinstrument

分光 (split light) describes 计 (instrument): a device that separates light.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

八刀分

分 pairs 八 (to separate) with 刀 (knife), showing something cut apart with a knife.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The shape 光 places 火 (fire) above 卩 (a kneeling person), showing fire over the head and the shining of light.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 計; 计 is its simplified writing.

言十計

The traditional form 計 pairs 言 (say) with 十 (all). The simplified 计 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical shape.