spectrometer

IPA: spɛktrˈɑmʌtɝ

(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.

Examples of "spectrometer" in Sentences

At the heart of the spectrometer is a 3-foot, doughnut-shaped magnet.
Sitting on the shelf opposite the spectrometer was a three-inch binder of red vinyl.
He does chemical analysis on athletes using an ICP spectrometer, which is used in a variety of fields.
The spectrometer is a large particle physics experiment package that is expected to shed light on the nature and evolution of the universe.
One of the things they use to help analyze this is something we call the spectrometer and what this basically does is measures wavelengths of light.
Hi clament, the water is detected by a device called a spectrometer google this for more information, one of astronomy's best tools and shown on the graphs below the picture.
That afternoon I was ferried to the mountaintop and introduced to the telescopes and the spectrometer, which is affixed to the base of the big mirror like an oversize parasite to its host.
Chamitoff said Endeavour was the first shuttle to bring a piece of the space station into space, and now it is going to carry up the spectrometer, which is the station's final major piece of external hardware.