English Explanatory Dictionary

photometry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The measurement of various aspects of light, especially its intensity.
  2. The measurement of the intensity and spectrum of light from stars.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-photometry.wav

Word forms

photometry photometries

Etymology

From photo- + -metry.

Related words

photometer

Derived words

astrophotometry biophotometry flame photometry fluorophotometry immunophotometry light-scattering photometry microphotometry nanophotometry photometrist spectrophotometry sunphotometry thermophotometry
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