photometer

Speech parts

1. photometer - Noun

2. photometer - Verb

Meaning

An instrument for measuring the intensity of light, or, more especially, for comparing the relative intensities of different lights, or their relative illuminating power.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

light meter exposure meter equipment instrument photometric photometry spectrophotometer sensitometer photometrically photographic equipment direction finder fluorometer illuminometer exposure calculation device handheld light meter
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Hypernyms

measuring device photographic equipment measuring instrument measuring system

Hyponyms

spectrophotometer cytophotometer

Phrases with the word

photoelectric photometer photoemissive tube photometer

Anagrams

prototheme

Examples

Joel Stebbins at the University of Illinois Observatory used an early selenium cell photometer to produce the first-ever photoelectric study of a variable star. Source: Internet

Edward Charles Pickering, U.S. physicist and astronomer who introduced the use of the meridian photometer to measure the magnitude of stars and established the Harvard Photometry (1884), the first great photometric catalog. Source: Internet

The global photometer & calorimeter market is expected to reach 162.53 million and 252.79 Million by 2020 at an estimated CAGR of 12.19% and 11.39% respectively from 2014 to 2020. Source: Internet

The development of the photoelectric photometer allowed precise measurements of magnitude at multiple wavelength intervals. Source: Internet

The experiment was later taken up by Mersenne and another Jesuit, Claude de Chales, and eventually led to Bouguer's more famous photometer. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

photometabolism photometabolite photometeor photometered photometric photometric brightness