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ACTINOMETER

Dictionary entry overview: What does actinometer mean?

• ACTINOMETER (noun)
The noun ACTINOMETER has 1 sense:

1. an instrument for measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (usually by the photochemical effect)

Familiarity information: ACTINOMETER used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ACTINOMETER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An instrument for measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (usually by the photochemical effect)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("actinometer" is a kind of...):

measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)

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