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bolometer
[ boh-lom-i-ter, buh- ]
noun
- 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
- a sensitive instrument for measuring radiant energy by the increase in the resistance of an electrical conductor
Derived Forms
- ˈdzٰ, noun
- ˌDZˈٰ, adverb
- bolometric, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ··· [boh-l, uh, -, me, -trik], adjective
- l·۾·· adverb
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of bolometer1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of bolometer1
Example Sentences
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.
Radiation-detectors known as bolometers are vital instruments in many fields of science.
Normally, the South Pole Telescope’s 10-meter dish funnels extremely faint radiation from the cosmic microwave background into a camera called a bolometer.
Herschel used special light detectors in its instruments known as bolometers.
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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