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microfadeometer

microfadeometer noun: a device which focuses a bright light on a small part of a painting in order to measure how much it fades.

Noun

microfadeometer (plural microfadeometers)

  1. A device which focuses a bright light on a small part of a painting in order to measure how much it fades
    • This includes an infrared spectroscope that has been used to figure out the chemical fingerprints of things as varied as asteroids and illegal drugs; a device called a microfadeometer, which trains an intense beam of light — 8 million lumens per square meter, compared with about 120,000 for a...2007 February 14, Randy Kennedy, “Paints’ Mysteries Challenge Protectors of Modern Art”, in New York Times

Forms of microfadeometer

pluralmicrofadeometers

Origin of microfadeometer

From micro- + fadeometer.

Questions about microfadeometer

What does microfadeometer mean?
Microfadeometer means a device which focuses a bright light on a small part of a painting in order to measure how much it fades.
What part of speech is microfadeometer?
Microfadeometer is a noun.
What is the plural of microfadeometer?
The plural of microfadeometer is microfadeometers.

Words near microfadeometer in the dictionary

  1. microfacets
  2. microfacial
  3. microfacies
  4. microfacsimile
  5. microfacsimiles
  6. microfadeometer
  7. microfadeometers
  8. microfailure
  9. microfailures
  10. microfame
  11. microfamous

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