Using a special instrument called a spectrometer, observations of Eris show it has frozen methane on its surface.
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Spectrometer
//spɛkˈtɹɒm.ɪ.tə//
Synonyms for "spectrometer" (2 found)
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Translations
27 translations across 23 languages.
Bengali
1 entries- বর্ণালীমাপক noun (instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances)
Catalan
1 entries- espectròmetre noun (instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 光譜儀 /光谱仪 noun (instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances)
Czech
2 entries- spektrometr noun (instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances)
- vidmoměr noun (instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances)
Dutch
1 entries- spectrometer noun (instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances)
Finnish
1 entries- spektrometri noun (instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances)
French
1 entries- spectromètre noun (instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances)
German
1 entries- Spektrometer noun (instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances)
Hindi
1 entries- वर्णक्रममापी noun (instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances)
Italian
2 entries- spettrometro noun (instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances)
- spettroscopio noun (instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances)
Japanese
1 entries- 分光計 noun (instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances)
Kannada
1 entries- ರೋಹಿತ ಮಾಪಕ noun (instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances)
Korean
1 entries- 분광기 noun (instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances)
Malay
1 entries- spektrometer noun (instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- spektrometer noun (instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- spektrometer noun (instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances)
Persian
1 entries- طیفسنج noun (instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances)
Polish
1 entries- spektrometr noun (instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances)
Portuguese
3 entries- espectrómetro noun (instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances)
- espectrômetro noun (instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances)
- espetrómetro noun (instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances)
Romanian
1 entries- spectrometru noun (instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances)
Russian
1 entries- спектро́метр noun (instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances)
Spanish
1 entries- espectrómetro noun (instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances)
Tagalog
1 entries- balngawsukat noun (instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The Pathfinder Lander carried onboard a robotic rover named Sojourner. The 10 kilogram solar-powered rover was equipped with a spectrometer used to analyze the chemical composition of Martian rock and a camera which relayed images of the landscape back to Earth.
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A spectrometer uses light to identify the chemical composition of matter.
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