Spectrometer

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spectrometer \Spec*trom"e*ter\, n. [Spectrum + -meter.]
     (Physics)
     A spectroscope fitted for measurements of the luminious
     spectra observed with it.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spectrometer
       n : spectroscope for obtaining a mass spectrum by deflecting
           ions into a thin slit and measuring the ion current with
           an electrometer [syn: {mass spectrometer}]