Etymograph

English

reflectron

From reflect + -tron.

A compound of reflect + -tron

Old French reflecter ‘to bend back’

English reflect

Today it means

noun A time-of-flight mass spectrometer that uses a static electric field to reverse the direction of travel of the ions entering it.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “reflectron”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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