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bolometer

[ boh-lom-i-ter, buh- ]

noun

Physics.
  1. a device for measuring minute amounts of radiant energy by determining the changes of resistance in an electric conductor caused by changes in its temperature.


bolometer

/ bəʊˈlɒmɪtə; ˌbəʊləˈmɛtrɪk /

noun

  1. a sensitive instrument for measuring radiant energy by the increase in the resistance of an electrical conductor
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈdzٰ, noun
  • ˌDZˈٰ, adverb
  • bolometric, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ··· [boh-l, uh, -, me, -trik], adjective
  • l·۾·· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of bolometer1

1880–85; < Greek bol ( ) ray + -o- + -meter
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of bolometer1

C19: from bol- , from Greek DZŧ ray of light, stroke, from ballein to throw + -meter
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Since a bolometer measures power, or photon number, it is not bound to add quantum noise stemming from the Heisenberg uncertainty principle in the way that parametric amplifiers are.

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Radiation-detectors known as bolometers are vital instruments in many fields of science.

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Normally, the South Pole Telescope’s 10-meter dish funnels extremely faint radiation from the cosmic microwave background into a camera called a bolometer.

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Herschel used special light detectors in its instruments known as bolometers.

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Observations taken with a bolometer along the length of a normal or wave-length spectrum, would give the form of the curve plotted on a wave-length base.

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