"orbitrap" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: orbitraps [plural]
Etymology: Blend of orbit + trap. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|orbit|trap}} Blend of orbit + trap Head templates: {{en-noun}} orbitrap (plural orbitraps)
  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.
    Sense id: en-orbitrap-en-noun-uoxPfdi8 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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