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PHOTOMETRIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does photometric mean?
• PHOTOMETRIC (adjective)
The adjective PHOTOMETRIC has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to photometry
Familiarity information: PHOTOMETRIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to photometry
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
photometric; photometrical
Pertainym:
photometry (measurement of the properties of light (especially luminous intensity))
Context examples
A clot detection method that uses a photometric means (measuring the absorbancy of monochromatic light) to detect the presence and/or quantify the formation of a thrombus in a specimen.
(Photometric Clot Detection, NCI Thesaurus)
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