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Definition of "chromatograph" []

  • An instrument that produces a chromatogram. (noun)
  • To separate and analyze by chromatography. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "chromatograph" in a sentence
  • "Using a machine known as a chromatograph, the scientists were able to separate the chemicals."
  • "“On the ability of the Viking gas chromatograph–mass spectrometer to detect organic matter.”"
  • "That experiment used a gas chromatograph mass spectrometer GCMS to heat the soil until chemicals turned to vapor, and then it separated, identified, and quantified the large number of different chemicals found."