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spectrometer
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1
a
piece
of
equipment
that
scientists
use to
record
and
measure
spectra (= the set of
colours
into which a
beam
of
light
can be
separated
, or a
range
of
waves
, such as
light
waves
or
radio
waves
):
Examples:
The spectrometers
analyze
minerals
by
measuring
the
light
spectrum
they
absorb
or
reflect
.
They used a spectrometer to analyse the
frequency
of
radiation
reflected
from the
surface
of
Mars
.
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