Definition of Photometers. Meaning of Photometers. Synonyms of Photometers

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Definition of Photometers

Photometer
Photometer Pho*tom"e*ter, n. [Photo- + -meter: cf. F. photom[`e]tre.] (Physics) An instrument for measuring the intensity of light, or, more especially, for comparing the relative intensities of different lights, or their relative illuminating power.

Meaning of Photometers from wikipedia

- spectrum. Most photometers convert light into an electric current using a photoresistor, photodiode, or photomultiplier. Photometers measure: Illuminance...
- It is also known as flame emission spectroscopy. A photoelectric flame photometer is an instrument used in inorganic chemical analysis to determine the...
- A Sun photometer is a type of photometer conceived in such a way that it points at the Sun. Recent sun photometers are automated instruments incorporating...
- The Kepler photometer is the main instrument on NASA's Kepler space telescope. It is a Schmidt telescope (95 cm clear aperture, 140 cm mirror) with an...
- The tiny ionospheric photometer (TIP) is a small space-based photometer that observes the Earth's ionosphere at 135.6 nm. The TIP instruments were designed...
- standard stars (or other light sources) of known intensity and colour, photometers can measure the brightness or apparent magnitude of celestial objects...
- The High Speed Photometer (HSP) is a scientific instrument formerly installed on the Hubble Space Telescope. The HSP was designed to measure the brightness...
- University; the flight hardware was built by Ball Aerospace. Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer (MIPS) Three detector arrays in the mid- to far-infrared (128...
- zodiacal light. This map has been realized by three small (36 mm aperture) photometers, P15, P30, and P90, one for each ecliptic latitude. A stepping motor...
- properties of a material as a function of wavelength. Spectrophotometry uses photometers, known as spectrophotometers, that can measure the intensity of a light...