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ACTINOMETRY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does actinometry mean?
• ACTINOMETRY (noun)
The noun ACTINOMETRY has 1 sense:
1. measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (especially of the sun's rays)
Familiarity information: ACTINOMETRY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (especially of the sun's rays)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("actinometry" is a kind of...):
measure; measurement; measuring; mensuration (the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule)
Derivation:
actinometric (of or related to actinometry)
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