"light mill" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: light mills [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} light mill (plural light mills)
  1. An airtight glass bulb containing a partial vacuum and a set of vanes, mounted on a spindle, which rotate when exposed to light, providing a quantitative measurement of electromagnetic radiation intensity. Wikipedia link: light mill
    Sense id: en-light_mill-en-noun-6JhR3FOd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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