Chemistry Analytical Techniques

noun a person or thing that analyzes, such as a chemical analyzer or a data analyzer

• The chemical analyzer was used to determine the composition of the unknown substance.
• I'm gonna run the data through the analyzer and see what comes out.
• Let's plug the numbers into the analyzer and crunch some data.
• She is like an emotional analyzer, always able to read people's feelings.

noun A line in a spectrum produced by the absorption of light at a particular wavelength, indicating the presence of a specific element or molecule

• The scientist analyzed the absorption line in the spectrum to determine the composition of the star.
• I found it interesting how the absorption line in the graph changed as we adjusted the variables.
• Check out the absorption line on this chart, it's pretty cool.
• The absence of laughter in the room was like an absorption line, sucking up all the joy.