ANALYZER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does analyzer mean? 

• ANALYZER (noun)
  The noun ANALYZER has 1 sense:

1. an instrument that performs analyses

  Familiarity information: ANALYZER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANALYZER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An instrument that performs analyses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

analyser; analyzer

Hypernyms ("analyzer" is a kind of...):

instrument (a device that requires skill for proper use)

Derivation:

analyze (make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features)

analyze (break down into components or essential features)

 Context examples 

A mass spectrometry technique in which a solid sample is atomized and ionized by sputtering in low-pressure direct-current plasma prior to the separation and detection of the ions in a mass analyzer.

(Glow Discharge Mass Spectrometry, NCI Thesaurus)

The spacecraft has also sampled millions of ice-rich dust grains with its cosmic dust analyzer instrument.

(Saturn Spacecraft Samples Interstellar Dust, NASA)

CID is accomplished by selecting an ion of interest with the mass analyzer and then subjecting that ion to collisions with neutral atoms or molecules.

(Collision-Induced Dissociation, NCI Thesaurus)

A system for detection of precancerous lesions and early stages of certain types of cancer, consisting of an excimer laser coupled to a dye laser and an endoscopic spectral-image analyzer that are used after the patient has been exposed to tumoriphilic photosensitizers.

(Laser-Induced Fluorescence Endoscopy, NCI Thesaurus)

Cassini's cosmic dust analyzer instrument repeatedly detected miniscule rock particles rich in silicon and the team concluded these particles must be grains of silica, which is found in sand and the mineral quartz on Earth.

(Spacecraft Data Suggest Saturn Moon's Ocean May Harbor Hydrothermal Activity, NASA)