spectrometer

1. 1.

   spectroscope for obtaining a mass spectrum by deflecting ions into a thin slit and measuring the ion current with an electrometer

   Synonymsmass spectrometer

   Broaderspectroscope

   Narrowermass spectrograph

Other forms of spectrometer

plural

spectrometers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about spectrometer

What does spectrometer mean?

spectrometer means "spectroscope for obtaining a mass spectrum by deflecting ions into a thin slit and measuring the ion current with an electrometer".

How many syllables are in spectrometer?

spectrometer has 4 syllables: spec-tro-me-ter. The stress falls on "tro". In IPA it is /spɛkˈtɹɑmətɚ/.

What is another word for spectrometer?

Close synonyms include mass spectrometer. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is spectrometer a common word?

spectrometer is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.