spectrometer
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spectrometer (plural spectrometers)
- (analytical chemistry) An optical instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances; typically it will plot a graph of absorption versus wavelength or frequency, and the patterns produced are used to identify the substances present, and their internal structure.
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instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances
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Audio (file) - Hyphenation: spec‧tro‧me‧ter
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spectrometer m (plural spectrometers, diminutive spectrometertje n)