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microphotometer
[ mahy-kroh-foh-tom-i-ter ]
noun
Optics.
- a photometer adapted for measuring the intensity of light emitted, transmitted, or reflected by minute objects.
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Other yvlog Forms
- ···ٴ·· [mahy-kroh-foh-t, uh, -, me, -trik], adjective
- c·t·۾·· adverb
- c··ٴdz·ٰ noun
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of microphotometer1
First recorded in 1895–1900; micro- + photometer
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Example Sentences
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With a microphotometer, a special camera and an able staff, he found in the Cloud more than 500 new variable stars and enough star clusters in its neighborhood to make its diameter seem 20,000 light years, double the previous estimate.
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