spectrometer
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The spectrometer also functions as an integral field unit, allowing scientists to obtain a spectrum at every location across a small region of sky.
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026
Its setup includes a powerful windowless gaseous tritium source, a high-resolution spectrometer that precisely measures electron energies, and a detector that records the particles.
From Science Daily • Dec. 27, 2025
Then an instrument called a mass spectrometer will analyse any gases that are released.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2025
On Jan. 11, an airborne imaging spectrometer managed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory flew over Los Angeles County to survey the damage from the historic fires.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2025
I asked Todd Dawson, a biologist at the University of California, Berkeley, to run a McDonald’s meal through his spectrometer.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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