photometry
noun
the measurement of the intensity of light or of relative illuminating power.
photometric
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a word derived from
photometry.
Example Sentences
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To verify this idea, the team conducted an extended photometric monitoring program using LCO's network of 1-meter telescopes around the world.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2025
There are minor drawbacks of the new photometric approach compared to spectroscopy: Since the supernovae do not have spectra, there is greater uncertainty in classification.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 8, 2024
This could be done by measuring photometric redshifts, determined by the brightness observed through different filters, but this would only provide an estimate for the distance, Britt says.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 9, 2023
Already, though, with spectra-based distances in hand from only about a dozen candidates, researchers are finding that most measurements are matching the early photometric results.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 13, 2023
For those of first magnitude and fainter I have only given those for which all the best observers in ancient and modern times agree, and which have been confirmed by modern photometric measures.
From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by J. Ellard Gore
