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photometer

/fəˈtɒmɪtə(ɹ)/US/fəˈtɑmɪtɚ/

photometer noun: any of several instruments used to measure various aspects of the intensity of light.

Noun

photometer (plural photometers)

  1. Any of several instruments used to measure various aspects of the intensity of light.

Verb

photometer (third-person singular simple present photometers, present participle photometering, simple past and past participle photometered)

  1. To measure some aspect of light (from a star) using a photometer.

photometer meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Tagalog

photometer in Tamil

ஒளி அளவி, ஒளிமானி, ஒளிச் செறிவுமானி

photometer in Bengali

measuring instrument
ফটোমিটার phoṭōmiṭar

photometer in Telugu

photometer
కాంతిమాపకము kāntimāpakamu

photometer in Tagalog

measuring instrument
sugasukod
More languagesFewer languages
photometer in Malay
jangka cahaya, fotometer
photometer in Persian
نورسنج

Forms of photometer

Noun
pluralphotometers
Verb
third-person singular presentphotometers
present participlephotometering
past participlephotometered
pastphotometered

Origin of photometer

From photo- + -meter.

Words formed from photometer

Words that rhyme with photometer

19 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about photometer

What does photometer mean?
Photometer means any of several instruments used to measure various aspects of the intensity of light.
What is photometer in Tamil?
Photometer in Tamil is ஒளி அளவி, ஒளிமானி, ஒளிச் செறிவுமானி. See Photometer meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is photometer?
Photometer can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce photometer?
Photometer is pronounced /fəˈtɑmɪtɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of photometer?
The plural of photometer is photometers.

Words near photometer in the dictionary

  1. photometabolism
  2. photometabolite
  3. photometabolites
  4. photometeor
  5. photometeors
  6. photometer
  7. photometered
  8. photometering
  9. photometers
  10. photometric
  11. photometrical

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Adapted from Wiktionary: photometer (page history and authors); photometer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); కాంతిమాపకము (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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