ACTINOMETRY

actinometry

(noun) measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (especially of the sun’s rays)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

actinometry (uncountable)

the measurement of the heating power of electromagnetic radiation, especially that of solar radiation

the measurement of the chemical or actinic energy of light

Source: Wiktionary


Ac`ti*nom"e*try, n.

1. The measurement of the force of solar radiation. Maury.

2. The measurement of the chemical or actinic energy of light. Abney.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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10 June 2025

COMMUNICATIONS

(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”


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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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