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  1. radiometer
    Type: Term Pronunciation: rā′dē-om′ĕ-tĕr Definitions: 1. A device for determining the penetrative power of x-rays. Synonyms: roentgenometer
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=74974

  2. radiometer
    [n] - meter to detect and measure radiant energy (electromagnetic or acoustic)
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=radiometer

  3. Radiometer
    An instrument for detecting and measuring electromagnetic radiation. Satellite radiometers detect the radiation (both visible and infra red) reflected from the Earth below. As Meteosat spins (at 100 rpm), its radiometer telescope scans the surface of the earth and clouds, building up an electronic p...
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  4. Radiometer
    Ra`di·om'e·ter (-ŏm'e*tẽr) noun [ Latin radius radius + -meter : confer French radiomètre .] 1. (Nautical) A forestaff. 2. (Physics) An instrument designed for measuring the mechanical...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/4

  5. radiometer
    1. A forestaff. ... 2. <physics> An instrument designed for measuring the mechanical effect of radiant energy. ... It consists of a number of light discs, blackened on one side, placed at the ends of extended arms, supported on an a pivot in an exhausted glass vessel. When exposed to rays of l...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?radiometer

  6. radiometer
    noun meter to detect and measure radiant energy (electromagnetic or acoustic)
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  7. radiometer
    (ra″de-om´ә-tәr) an instrument for estimating x-ray quantity. an instrument in which radiant heat and light may be directly converted into mechanical energy. an instrument for measuring the penetrating power of radiant energy.
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  8. Radiometer
    • (n.) An instrument designed for measuring the mechanical effect of radiant energy. • (n.) A forestaff.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/radiometer/

  9. radiometer
    instrument for detecting or measuring radiant energy. The term is applied in particular to devices used to measure infrared radiation. Radiometers ... [1 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/r/4



  1. radiometer
    roentgenometer, radiometer 1. An instrument for measuring the intensity of radiation. 2. An instrument designed for measuring the mechanical effect of radiant energy. It consists of a number of light discs, blackened on one side, placed at the ends of extended arms, supported on a pivot in an exha...
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1302/35

  2. Radiometer
    A radiometer is a device for measuring the radiant flux (power) of electromagnetic radiation. Generally, the term radiometer denotes an infrared radiation detector, yet it also includes detectors operating on any electromagnetic wavelength. A common example is the Crookes radiometer, an early-model...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiometer

  3. Radiometer
    General name for an instrument used to measure radiation over a specific wavelength range.
    Found op http://www.physicalgeography.net/physgeoglos/r.html

  4. radiometer
    instrument for measuring radiometric quantities
    Found op http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&ievref=845-05-06

  5. radiometer
    An instrument that detects and measures the intensity of thermal radiation, especially infrared radiation. Satellites often carry radiometers to measure radiation from clouds, snow, ice, bodies of water, Earth`s surface and the Sun.
    Found op http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/R/radiometer.html

  6. radiometer
    radiometer (rā"dēom'utur) , instrument for detection or measurement of electromagnetic radiation; the term is applied in particular to devices used to measure infrared radiation. One of the earliest experiments in radiometry was performed c.1800 by W. Herschel, who observed the h...
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0840943.html

  7. Radiometer
    A radiometer is an instrument for measuring the mechanical effect of radiant energy. It consists of four crossed arms of very fine glass supported in the centre by a needle-point, and having at the ends thin pith discs blackened on one side. The instrument is placed in a glass vessel exhausted of ai...
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/GR.HTM

  8. Radiometer
    A device for measuring the intensity or accumulation of radiant energy.
    Found op http://www.intl-lighttech.com/support/glossary

  9. Radiometer
    [company] Radiometer is a company founded in 1935 with headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark. They have 2,200 employees worldwide and had sales of USD 496 million in 2010. The first commercial pH meters were built around 1936 by Radiometer in Denmark and Arnold Orville Beckman in the United St...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiometer_(company)

  10. radiometer
    1) Meter
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/radiometer/1

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