noun
- Plural of chromatograph; instruments or devices used to separate and analyze the components of a mixture by chromatography.
Usage: technical; chemistry
verb
- Third-person singular present tense of chromatograph; to subject a substance to chromatography or to analyze using a chromatograph.
Usage: technical; chemistry
Examples
- The laboratory uses several gas chromatographs to test the purity of chemical samples.
- Modern chromatographs can separate complex mixtures into individual components in minutes.
- The technician chromatographs the sample to identify its molecular composition.
- Liquid chromatographs are essential instruments in pharmaceutical quality control.
- She chromatographs each batch of the product before it is released for sale.