bolometer

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bolometer

Etymology

Coined in 1878 by Samuel Pierpont Langley from Ancient Greek βολή (bolḗ, “a strike, a throw”) +‎ -meter.

Noun

bolometer (plural bolometers)

(physics) A sensitive device for detecting and measuring the energy of electromagnetic radiation.

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Translations

a device for measuring the energy of electromagnetic radiation

Arabic: ^{(please verify)} مقياس الإشعاع الحراري
Catalan: bolòmetre (ca) m
Finnish: bolometri
French: bolomètre (fr) m
Italian: bolometro m
Malay: bolometer
Portuguese: bolómetro m (Portugal), bolômetro m (Brazil)
Spanish: bolómetro m
Turkish: bolometre (tr)

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