actinometry

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English

Etymology

From actino- +‎ -metry.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌæktɪˈnɒmətɹi/

Noun

actinometry (countable and uncountable, plural actinometries)

  1. the measurement of the heating power of electromagnetic radiation, especially that of solar radiation
    • 1855, Matthew Fontaine Maury, The Physical Geography of the Sea, and Its Meteorology:
      the air with its actinometry presents itself in the light of a thermal adjustment , by which the land and sea are prevented from becoming seething hot
  2. the measurement of the chemical or actinic energy of light

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