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photoclinometry

Syllables: pho·to·cli·no·met·ry

photoclinometry noun: the estimation of slope information by the analysis of brightness distribution in a photograph of a geologic surface (such as a lunar crater).

Noun

photoclinometry (uncountable)

  1. The estimation of slope information by the analysis of brightness distribution in a photograph of a geologic surface (such as a lunar crater)

Origin of photoclinometry

From photo- + clinometry.

Questions about photoclinometry

What does photoclinometry mean?
Photoclinometry means the estimation of slope information by the analysis of brightness distribution in a photograph of a geologic surface (such as a lunar crater).
What part of speech is photoclinometry?
Photoclinometry is a noun.

Words near photoclinometry in the dictionary

  1. photocleaved
  2. photocleaves
  3. photocleaving
  4. photoclinometer
  5. photoclinometers
  6. photoclinometry
  7. photocoagulate
  8. photocoagulated
  9. photocoagulates
  10. photocoagulating
  11. photocoagulation

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