Definition of accelerator mass spectrometry in English:
accelerator mass spectrometry
noun
Physics
Mass spectrometry in which a particle accelerator is used for separating different isotopes, typically used in the carbon dating of small samples; abbreviated AMS.
Origin
1980s; earliest use found in Nature: a weekly journal of science.
Definition of accelerator mass spectrometry in US English:
accelerator mass spectrometry
noun
Physics
Mass spectrometry in which a particle accelerator is used for separating different isotopes, typically used in the carbon dating of small samples; abbreviated AMS.
Origin
1980s; earliest use found in Nature: a weekly journal of science.