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]