1. photometer - Noun
2. photometer - Verb
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 dictionaryJoel 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