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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A mass analyzer consisting of an outer barrel-like electrode and a coaxial inner spindle-like electrode that traps ions in an orbital motion around the spindle. The image current from the trapped ions is detected and converted to a mass spectrum using the Fourier transform of the frequency signal.

Etymology

Blend of orbit + trap.

Related phrases

fourier transform

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