spectrometer

[ spek-trom-i-ter ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Optics.

an optical device for measuring wavelengths, deviation of refracted rays, and angles between faces of a prism, especially an instrument prism spectrometer consisting of a slit through which light passes, a collimator, a prism that deviates the light, and a telescope through which the deviated light is viewed and examined.

spectrometer

/ ˌspɛktrəʊˈmɛtrɪk; spɛkˈtrɒmɪtə /

any instrument for producing a spectrum, esp one in which wavelength, energy, intensity, etc, can be measured See also mass spectrometer

spectrometer

/ spĕk-trŏm′ĭ-tər /

A spectroscope equipped with devices for measuring the frequencies of the radiation observed by it.

First recorded in 1870–75; spectro- + -meter

A source of neutrons to activate the material and a gamma-ray spectrometer to measure the radiation from the material afterwards.

This spectrometer detects and measures gamma rays and sorts them according to their energy.

He finished the last spectrometer observation, snatched out a pad and fell to figuring furiously.

The spectrometer is characterized by high data rates and many events per burst.

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