"actinometry" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌæktɪˈnɒmətɹi/ Forms: actinometries [plural]
Etymology: actino- + -metry Etymology templates: {{confix|en|actino|metry}} actino- + -metry Head templates: {{en-noun|~|actinometries}} actinometry (countable and uncountable, plural actinometries)
  1. the measurement of the heating power of electromagnetic radiation, especially that of solar radiation Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (measurement of the heating power of electromagnetic radiation): actinométrie [feminine] (French), achtanaiméadracht [feminine] (Irish), aktynometria [feminine] (Polish), actinometria [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-actinometry-en-noun-9KfI-z12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with actino-, English terms suffixed with -metry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with actino-: 87 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -metry: 94 6 Disambiguation of 'measurement of the heating power of electromagnetic radiation': 89 11
  2. the measurement of the chemical or actinic energy of light Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-actinometry-en-noun-9Es~xytF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: actinometer, actinometric

Inflected forms

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