MASS SPECTROMETER

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 I. (noun) 

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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

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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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