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fadometer

fadometer noun: a device that irradiates materials in order to test the degree to which they fade from exposure to sunlight.

Noun

fadometer (plural fadometers)

  1. A device that irradiates materials in order to test the degree to which they fade from exposure to sunlight.
    • We also tried the fadometer and found it graded in between. Taking that same example — between 70 and 21 to the ultra-violet light — it was 70 and 45 to the fadometer.1930, Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry, Technical Association Papers - Volume 13, page 75
    • The use of a fadometer is to be recommended, but because of its limited use in the average leather laboratory the adoption of the ordinary exposure test is considered best.1936, The Journal of the American Leather Chemists Association

fadometer meaning in Tamil

fadometer in Tamil

நிறமங்கன்மானி, நிறமானி

Examples of fadometer in a sentence

  • A hundred hours in the fadometer equals half a year in Florida sunshine.1940 August 19, “River Rouge”, in LIFE, volume 9, number 8, page 45:
  • Essentially, these consisted of placing fabric swatches under the light of the Florida sun or of a fadometer, and then examining them to determine the degree of fade.1957, Milton Jacobs, Fabrics and Fibers for Passenger Cars:

Forms of fadometer

pluralfadometers

Origin of fadometer

From fade + -ometer.

Questions about fadometer

What does fadometer mean?
Fadometer means a device that irradiates materials in order to test the degree to which they fade from exposure to sunlight.
What is fadometer in Tamil?
Fadometer in Tamil is நிறமங்கன்மானி, நிறமானி. See Fadometer meaning in Tamil.
How do you use fadometer in a sentence?
A hundred hours in the fadometer equals half a year in Florida sunshine.
What part of speech is fadometer?
Fadometer is a noun.
What is the plural of fadometer?
The plural of fadometer is fadometers.

Words near fadometer in the dictionary

  1. Fadness
  2. Fadnesses
  3. fado
  4. fadolmidine
  5. fadom
  6. fadometer
  7. fadometers
  8. fadoodle
  9. fadoodles
  10. fados
  11. fadrazole

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