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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.

Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of chromatograph

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

Example Sentences

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This allows the evaporates to be collected on a small trap which is then transferred to a gas chromatograph.

From Science Daily • Oct. 19, 2023

The device, fitted with a gas chromatograph, was with Dr. Lovelock on his Antarctic voyage, and his findings helped confirm links between chlorofluorocarbons and the hole in the ozone layer.

From Washington Post • Jul. 28, 2022

On deck, Sylva places a water sample in a gas chromatograph, what looks like a steampunk version of a mid-1980s microwave.

From Scientific American • Feb. 12, 2018

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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