sensitometer

[ sen-si-tom-i-ter ]

/ ˌsɛn sɪˈtɒm ɪ tər /

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noun Photography.

an instrument for testing the sensitivity of various types of film, consisting of an apparatus for exposing successive parts of the film to a light of standard intensity at successively increasing lengths of exposure.

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Origin of sensitometer

First recorded in 1875–80; sensit(ive) + -o- + -meter

OTHER WORDS FROM sensitometer

sen·si·to·met·ric

[sen-suh-toh-me-trik], /ˌsɛn sə toʊˈmɛ trɪk/, adjectivesen·si·to·met·ri·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby sensitometer

sensitivity group, sensitivity training, sensitization, sensitize, sensitizing dye, sensitometer, sensitometric curve, sensitometry, sensor, sensorimotor, sensorineural

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How to use sensitometer in a sentence

Another method, employed largely in England, depends on the use of the Warnerke sensitometer.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 520, December 19, 1885|Various

British Dictionary definitions for sensitometer

sensitometer

/ (ˌsɛnsɪˈtɒmɪtə) /

noun

an instrument for measuring the sensitivity to light of a photographic material over a range of exposures

Derived forms of sensitometer

sensitometry, noun

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