photometer

English

Etymology

photo- +‎ -meter

Pronunciation
  • (General American) IPA(key): /fəˈtɑmɪtɚ/, /ˈfoʊtoʊˌmitɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fəˈtɒmɪtə(ɹ)/, /ˈfəʊtəʊˌmiːtə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒmɪtə(ɹ), -iːtə(ɹ)

Noun

photometer (plural photometers)

  1. (physics) Any of several instruments used to measure various aspects of the intensity of light.

Hyponyms
  • colorimetric photometer
  • distribution photometer
  • electronic photometer
  • flame photometer
  • flicker photometer
  • grease spot photometer
  • infrared photometer
  • integrating-sphere photometer
  • Joly photometer
  • Kepler photometer
  • light-distribution photometer
  • photoelectric photometer
  • photoemissive tube photometer
  • shadow photometer
  • spectrophotometer
  • sphere photometer
  • telephotometer
  • ultraviolet photometer
  • visual photometer
  • wax-block photometer
  • wedge photometer

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Verb

photometer (third-person singular simple present photometers, present participle photometering, simple past and past participle photometered)

  1. (astronomy) To measure some aspect of light (from a star) using a photometer.

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