mass spectrum

mass spectrum

n.

A pattern of charged atoms, molecules, or isotopes formed when a mass spectroscope distributes them by mass and records them electronically or photographically as a spectrum.

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mass′ spec′trum

n.

a spectrum of charged particles arranged in order of mass or mass-to-charge ratios.

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Noun

1.

mass spectrum - a distribution of ions as shown by a mass spectrograph or a mass spectrometer spectrum - an ordered array of the components of an emission or wave

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