photometer
(noun) measuring instrument for measuring the luminous intensity of a source by comparing it (visually or photoelectrically) with a standard source
Source: WordNet® 3.1
photometer (plural photometers)
(physics) Any of several instruments used to measure various aspects of the intensity of light.
• 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
photometer (third-person singular simple present photometers, present participle photometering, simple past and past participle photometered)
(astronomy) To measure some aspect of light (from a star) using a photometer.
• prototheme
Source: Wiktionary
Pho*tom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Photo- + -meter: cf. F. photomètre.] (Physics)
Definition: 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 Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 February 2025
(noun) an abnormal enlargement of the colon; can be congenital (as in Hirschsprung’s disease) or acquired (as when children refuse to defecate)
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.
