Meanings
nounmass spectrometry (countable and uncountable, plural mass spectrometries)
plural mass spectrometries
- countableuncountableanalytical chemistrynatural sciencesAn analytical technique that measures the mass / charge ratio of the ions formed when a molecule or atom is ionized, vaporized and introduced into a vacuum. Mass spectrometry may also involve breaking molecules into fragments - thus enabling its structure to be determined.
Translations
Finnish massaspektrometria
- massaspektrometriaanalytical technique
French spectrométrie de masse
- spectrométrie de masseanalytical technique
Hungarian tömegspektrometria
- tömegspektrometriaanalytical technique
Persian طیفسنجی جرمی
- طیفسنجی جرمی (teyf-sanji jermi)analytical technique
Polish spektrometria mas
- spektrometria masanalytical technique
Portuguese espectrometria de massa
- espectrometria de massaanalytical technique
Romanian spectrometrie de masă
- spectrometrie de masăanalytical technique
Vietnamese phương pháp khối phổ, phương pháp phổ khối lượng
- phương pháp khối phổanalytical technique
- phương pháp phổ khối lượnganalytical technique
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APA
mass spectrometry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mass%20spectrometry
MLA
“mass spectrometry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mass%20spectrometry. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mass spectrometry,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mass%20spectrometry.
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