RADIOMETER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does radiometer mean? 

• RADIOMETER (noun)
  The noun RADIOMETER has 1 sense:

1. meter to detect and measure radiant energy (electromagnetic or acoustic)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RADIOMETER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Meter to detect and measure radiant energy (electromagnetic or acoustic)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

meter (any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "radiometer"):

Crookes radiometer (electromagnetic radiometer consisting of a small paddlewheel that rotates when placed in daylight)

radiomicrometer (radiometer that is extremely sensitive)

Rayleigh disk (an acoustic radiometer consisting of a light disk suspended from a quartz thread; when exposed to a progressive sound wave its torque can measure velocity)

 Context examples 

LRO's thermal radiometer, called Diviner, has taught scientists how much heat is radiating off the Moon’s surface, a critical factor in determining crater ages.

(Moon Data Sheds Light on Earth’s Asteroid Impact History, NASA)