photometry
(noun) measurement of the properties of light (especially luminous intensity)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
photometry (usually uncountable, plural photometries)
(physics) The measurement of various aspects of light, especially its intensity.
(astronomy) The measurement of the intensity and spectrum of light from stars.
Source: Wiktionary
Pho*tom"e*try, n. Etym: [Cf. F. photométrie.]
Definition: That branch of science which treats of the measurement of the intensity of light.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 June 2025
(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”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
