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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

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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 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

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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