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ra·di·om·e·ter
 radiometer
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- pronunciation:
- reI
di
a
mih
t
 r
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
| definition: |
an instrument for measuring radiant energy or transforming radiant energy into mechanical energy, consisting of vertical vanes that absorb more heat on one side than the other, so that they rotate around an axis when irradiated.
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adjective + (n.)radiometer
broadband, custom-built, infrared, passive, solar, spectral, superconducting, vertical
verb + (n.)radiometer
calibrate, call, carry, measure
noun + (n.)radiometer
astronomy, brightness, broom, calibration, device, diffuser, flux, imaging, scan, scanning, sensor, source, whisk
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| derivations: |
radiometric (adj.), radiometry (n.) |
The word radiometer
contains the following part:
metr, -meter, -metry
Greek
root
that means measure
  Example words:
accelerometer, altimeter, ametropia, ammeter, anemometer, aneroid barometer, anthropometry, asymmetry, audiometer, barometer, biometrics, calorimeter, centimeter, chronometer, clinometer, cliometrics, craniometry, cryometer, cyclometer, decameter, decimeter, dekameter, diameter, dosimeter, dynamometer, econometrics, electrometer, fluorometer, galvanometer, geometric progression, geometry, goniometer, gravimeter, hectometer, hemacytometer, hemocytometer, heptameter, hexameter, hydrometer, hypermetropia, inclinometer, interferometer, isometric, lysimeter, magnetometer, manometer, meter, metrics, metronome, micrometer, nanometer, odometer, ohmmeter, optometry, parameter, pedometer, pentameter, perimeter, photometer, photometry, planimeter, polarimeter, potentiometer, pyrometer, radiometer, saccharimeter, saccharometer, salimeter, salinometer, spectrometer, speedometer, sphygmomanometer, symmetry, tachometer, taximeter, telemetry, tetrameter, thermometer, tonometer, trigonometry, trimeter, turbidimeter, variometer, voltammeter, voltmeter, wattmeter
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