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Radiometer

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Noun

1. radiometer

meter to detect and measure radiant energy (electromagnetic or acoustic)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Radiometer

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noun
any instrument for the detection or measurement of radiant energy

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Radiometer

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noun
1. 
a device containing a set of vanes that are blackened on one side and suspended on an axis in a vacuum: the vanes rotate on exposure to sunlight
2. 
an instrument for measuring radiant energy in any part of the electromagnetic spectrum

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Radiometer

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n.
1. A device that measures the intensity of radiant energy, consisting of a partially evacuated glass bulb containing lightweight vertical vanes, each blackened on one side, suspended radially about a central vertical axis to permit their revolution about the axis as a result of incident radiation. Also called light mill.
2. An instrument that detects electromagnetic radiation.

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