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spectrometry
noun(spec-trom-e-ter)an instrument used for measuring wavelengths of light spectra
spectrometry
noun(spec-trom-e-ter)any of various analytical instruments in which an emission (as of particles or radiation) is dispersed according to some property (such as mass or energy) of the emission and the amount of dispersion is measured
spectrometry
noun(spec-trom-e-ter)a technique of mass spectrometry that uses a particle accelerator to bring a small amount of the sample to be analyzed to high velocities —abbreviation AMS
spectrometry
noun(spec-trom-e-ter)an instrumental method for identifying the chemical constitution of a substance by means of the separation of gaseous ions according to their differing mass and charge —called also mass spectroscopy