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BOLOMETER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bolometer mean?
• BOLOMETER (noun)
The noun BOLOMETER has 1 sense:
1. an instrument that measures heat radiation; extremely sensitive
Familiarity information: BOLOMETER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An instrument that measures heat radiation; extremely sensitive
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("bolometer" is a kind of...):
measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)
Derivation:
bolometric (of or relating to a bolometer)
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