photometry
noun
the measurement of the intensity of light or of relative illuminating power.
photometrical
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a word derived from
photometry.
Example Sentences
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Any one having the means and ability to make accurate photometrical estimates of the light of this satellite in all points of its orbit, can thereby render a valuable service to astronomy.
From Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science by Simon Newcomb
Apparatus at the Manchester Royal Jubilee Exhibition.—Notes of the most interesting electrical, photometrical, and communicating apparatus.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. by Various
Opposite this table we installed, later on, our photometrical chamber, which was constructed on the Bunsen principle.
From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Frank Lewis Dyer
Mr. Defty has sought in the latter to apply the principle of heating the air and gas in a simple manner, with the object of obtaining improved photometrical results.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882 by Various
