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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. spectroscope for obtaining a mass spectrum by deflecting ions into a thin slit and measuring the ion current with an electrometer;
[syn: mass spectrometer, spectrometer]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Spectrometer \Spec*trom"e*ter\, n. [Spectrum + -meter.] (Physics) A spectroscope fitted for measurements of the luminious spectra observed with it. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

spectrometer n 1: spectroscope for obtaining a mass spectrum by deflecting ions into a thin slit and measuring the ion current with an electrometer [syn: mass spectrometer, spectrometer]