Definition of "spectrometer" [spec•trom•e•ter]

• A spectroscope equipped with scales for measuring wavelengths or indexes of refraction. (noun)

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• "One of the things they use to help analyze this is something we call the spectrometer and what this basically does is measures wavelengths of light."
• "That afternoon I was ferried to the mountaintop and introduced to the telescopes and the spectrometer, which is affixed to the base of the big mirror like an oversize parasite to its host."
• "The spectrometer is a large particle physics experiment package that is expected to shed light on the nature and evolution of the universe."