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MASS SPECTROMETER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spectroscope for obtaining a mass spectrum by deflecting ions into a thin slit and measuring the ion current with an electrometer
Synonyms:
mass spectrometer; spectrometer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("mass spectrometer" is a kind of...):
prism spectroscope; spectroscope (an optical instrument for spectrographic analysis)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mass spectrometer"):
mass spectrograph (a mass spectrometer that produces a graphical representation of the mass spectrum)
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