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mass spectroscope

American

noun

Physics.

an instrument used to determine the masses of small, electrically charged particles.

mass spectroscope Scientific

See under spectroscope

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mass spectroscopy

noun

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Origin of mass spectroscope

First recorded in 1955–60

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