spectrometer

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Noun

spectrometer (plural spectrometers)

1. (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.

Related terms

• spectrometry

Translations

• French: spectromètre
• German: Spektrometer
• Italian: spettrometro, spettroscopio
• Portuguese: espectrómetro (Portugal), espectrômetro (Brazil)
• Russian: спектро́метр
• Spanish: espectrómetro

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