photoclinometry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The estimation of slope information by the analysis of brightness distribution in a photograph of a geologic surface (such as a lunar crater)

Word forms

photoclinometry

Etymology

From photo- + clinometry.

Related words

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