"exposure meter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: exposure meters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} exposure meter (plural exposure meters)
  1. (photography) An instrument that measures the intensity of the light reflected from or falling on a subject, and calculates the optimum exposure depending on the film speed. Wikipedia link: exposure meter Categories (topical): Measuring instruments, Photography Synonyms: light meter, lux meter Translations (an instrument used in photography): belysningsmåler [common-gender] (Danish), posemètre [masculine] (French), fénymérő (Hungarian), esposimetro [masculine] (Italian), светломер (svetlomer) [masculine] (Macedonian), jangka dedahan (Malay), meter dedahan (Malay), espożimetru [masculine] (Maltese), lysmåler [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), svetlomer [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), svjetlomjer [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)

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