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chromatograph

American  
[kruh-mat-uh-graf, -grahf, kroh-muh-tuh-] / krəˈmæt əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf, ˈkroʊ mə tə- /

verb (used with object)

  1. to separate mixtures by chromatography.


noun

  1. a piece of equipment used to produce a chromatogram.

Etymology

Origin of chromatograph

First recorded in 1855–60; chromato- + -graph

Example Sentences

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These are then put into a gas chromatograph, which separates the chemical components.

From Science Daily • Oct. 19, 2023

This is not the first time the gas chromatograph analogy has been used for nasal anatomy.

From Scientific American • Jun. 29, 2023

The most damning evidence came from a device called a gas chromatograph mass spectrometer, which looked for organic molecules — the kind of complex molecules necessary for life on Earth.

From Washington Post • Jun. 18, 2016

Sometimes a gas chromatograph or high-performance liquid chromatograph provides an initial separation of the large molecules, which are then input into the mass spectrometer.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

The gas chromatograph on the Pioneer Venus entry probes gave an abundance of water in the lower atmosphere of a few tenths of a percent.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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