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]