bolometer
a device for measuring minute amounts of radiant energy by determining the changes of resistance in an electric conductor caused by changes in its temperature.
Origin of bolometer
1Other words from bolometer
- bo·lo·met·ric [boh-luh-me-trik], /ˌboʊ ləˈmɛ trɪk/, adjective
- bo·lo·met·ri·cal·ly, adverb
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How to use bolometer in a sentence
They may be investigated with the bolometer, an instrument invented by the late Professor Langley.
Astronomy of To-day | Cecil G. DolmageA more careful study has been made by Langley and Very with the bolometer.
The Nature of Animal Light | E. Newton HarveyWe have a heat-measuring instrument, the bolometer, which makes the best thermometer seem Early Victorian.
The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) | J. Arthur ThomsonLater, Langley reinvestigated the radiation of Pyrophorus and could detect no heating whatever with the bolometer.
The Nature of Animal Light | E. Newton Harvey
British Dictionary definitions for bolometer
/ (bəʊˈlɒmɪtə) /
a sensitive instrument for measuring radiant energy by the increase in the resistance of an electrical conductor
Origin of bolometer
1Derived forms of bolometer
- bolometric (ˌbəʊləˈmɛtrɪk), adjective
- bolometrically, adverb
- bolometry, noun
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