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Photometer

noun

Measuring instrument for measuring the luminous intensity of a source by comparing it (visually or photoelectrically) with a standard source.

Photographic equipment that measures the intensity of light. Synonyms: exposure meter, light meter.

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Etymology of 'Photometer'

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"Photometer" Quotes from Famous Books

... was constructed on the Bunsen principle. A little way from this table, and separated by a partition, we had the chemical laboratory with its furnaces and stink-chambers. Later on another chemical laboratory was installed near the photometer-room, and this Dr. ...

— Edison, His Life and Inventions • Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin

Words linked to "Photometer" : photographic equipment, exposure meter, spectrophotometer, measuring device, light meter, cytophotometer, measuring instrument, measuring system