spectrometer
[spek-trom-i-ter]
- an optical device for measuring wavelengths, deviation of refracted rays, and angles between faces of a prism, especially an instrument (prism spectrometer) consisting of a slit through which light passes, a collimator, a prism that deviates the light, and a telescope through which the deviated light is viewed and examined.
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This spectrometer detects and measures gamma rays and sorts them according to their energy.
The Atomic FingerprintBernard Keisch
The spectrometer is characterized by high data rates and many events per burst.
On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969H. W. Fulbright et al.
spectrometer
- any instrument for producing a spectrum, esp one in which wavelength, energy, intensity, etc, can be measuredSee also mass spectrometer
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spectrometer
(spĕk-trŏm′ĭ-tər)- A spectroscope equipped with scales for measuring wavelengths or indexes of refraction.
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spectrometer
[spĕk-trŏm′ĭ-tər]
- A spectroscope equipped with devices for measuring the frequencies of the radiation observed by it.
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