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glossmeter

glossmeter noun: an instrument used to measure the specular reflection gloss of a surface, by projecting a beam of light at a fixed intensity and angle onto a surface and measuring the amount of reflected light at an equal but opposite angle.

Noun

glossmeter (plural glossmeters)

  1. An instrument used to measure the specular reflection gloss of a surface, by projecting a beam of light at a fixed intensity and angle onto a surface and measuring the amount of reflected light at an equal but opposite angle.

Forms of glossmeter

pluralglossmeters

Origin of glossmeter

From gloss + meter.

Questions about glossmeter

What does glossmeter mean?
Glossmeter means an instrument used to measure the specular reflection gloss of a surface, by projecting a beam of light at a fixed intensity and angle onto a surface and measuring the amount of reflected light at an equal but opposite angle.
What part of speech is glossmeter?
Glossmeter is a noun.
What is the plural of glossmeter?
The plural of glossmeter is glossmeters.

Words near glossmeter in the dictionary

  1. glossists
  2. glossitic
  3. glossitis
  4. glossless
  5. glosslessness
  6. glossmeter
  7. glossmeters
  8. glosso-
  9. glossocele
  10. glossocoma
  11. glossocomon

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