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radiometer

radiometer noun: a device that measures radiant energy.

radiometer: a device that measures radiant energy
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Noun

radiometer (plural radiometers)

  1. A device that measures radiant energy.
    • The geometry of the cone θ and the irradiance at the image of the carbon block were used to determine the absolute steradiancy of the energy in the cone θ as a radiometer calibration value.1959, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA Technical Note (issues 3641-3650, page 15)

radiometer meaning in Tamil, Malay and Indonesian

radiometer in Tamil

கதிர்வீசல்மானி, கதிர்வீச்சு அளவி, கதிர்வீச்சு மானி

radiometer in Malay

device that measures radiant energy
radiometer

radiometer in Indonesian

device that measures radiant energy
radiometer

Forms of radiometer

pluralradiometers

Origin of radiometer

From radio- + -meter.

Words formed from radiometer

Questions about radiometer

What does radiometer mean?
Radiometer means a device that measures radiant energy.
What is radiometer in Tamil?
Radiometer in Tamil is கதிர்வீசல்மானி, கதிர்வீச்சு அளவி, கதிர்வீச்சு மானி. See Radiometer meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is radiometer?
Radiometer is a noun.
What is the plural of radiometer?
The plural of radiometer is radiometers.

Words near radiometer in the dictionary

  1. radiometeorographic
  2. radiometeorographs
  3. radiometeorography
  4. radiometeorological
  5. radiometeorology
  6. radiometer
  7. radiometers
  8. radiometric
  9. radiometric age
  10. radiometric ages
  11. radiometric dating

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Adapted from Wiktionary: radiometer (page history and authors); radiometer (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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