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An instrument that measures a spectrum to reveal information about a substance or radiation source.
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- mass spectrometer
- optical spectrometer
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The optical spectrometer separated the star’s light into a detailed spectrum.
A mass spectrometer identified traces in the sample.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular spectrometer; plural spectrometers. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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