ANALYSER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does analyser mean? 

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

1. an instrument that performs analyses

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANALYSER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An instrument that performs analyses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

analyser; analyzer

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

instrument (a device that requires skill for proper use)

Derivation:

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

analyse (consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning)

 Context examples 

The analyser takes advantage of the optical properties of blood, such as absorption and scattering of light, to measure haemoglobin concentration.

(New approach promises better anaemia detection, SciDev.Net)

The most exciting aspect to this analyser is that it uses whole blood (blood components intact) and doesn’t require additional steps and reagents to prepare a sample, says Nathan Sniadecki, professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Washington, Seattle, and an author of the report.

(New approach promises better anaemia detection, SciDev.Net)