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orbitraps

orbitraps is the plural of orbitrap.

Meaning of orbitrap

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.

Questions about orbitraps

What is orbitraps the plural of?
Orbitraps is the plural of orbitrap.

Words near orbitraps in the dictionary

  1. orbitotemporal
  2. orbitotomies
  3. orbitotomy
  4. orbitozygomatic
  5. orbitrap
  6. orbitraps
  7. orbits
  8. orbitual
  9. orbituary
  10. orbitude
  11. orbity

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