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Main Entry: mass spectrometry
Function: noun
Date: 1943
: an instrumental method for identifying the chemical constitution of a substance by means of the separation of gaseous ions according to their differing mass and charge -- called also mass spectroscopy
- mass spectrometric adjective
- mass spectrometer noun


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