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ACTINOMETRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does actinometry mean? 

ACTINOMETRY (noun)
  The noun ACTINOMETRY has 1 sense:

1. measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (especially of the sun's rays)play

  Familiarity information: ACTINOMETRY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ACTINOMETRY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (especially of the sun's rays)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("actinometry" is a kind of...):

measure; measurement; measuring; mensuration (the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule)

Derivation:

actinometric (of or related to actinometry)


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