"radiometer" meaning in English

See radiometer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-radiometer.wav Forms: radiometers [plural]
Etymology: From radio- + -meter. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|radio|meter}} radio- + -meter Head templates: {{en-noun}} radiometer (plural radiometers)
  1. A device that measures radiant energy. Derived forms: Crookes radiometer, photoradiometer, spectroradiometer Translations (device that measures radiant energy): erradiometro (Basque), radiòmetre [masculine] (Catalan), 輻射計 /辐射计 (fúshèjì) (Chinese), 放射計 /放射计 (fàngshèjì) (Chinese), radiometr [masculine] (Czech), radiometer [masculine] (Dutch), radiometri (Finnish), radiomètre [masculine] (French), radiómetro [masculine] (Galician), Strahlungsmesser [masculine] (German), Radiometer [neuter] (German), radiometro (Ido), radiometer [masculine] (Indonesian), radiometro [masculine] (Italian), radiometer (Malay), radiometr (Polish), радиометр (radiometr) [masculine] (Russian), radiómetro [masculine] (Spanish), radiometer (Swedish)

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