spectrobolometer

[spek-troh-boh-lom-i-ter]

noun

Physics.

1. an instrument consisting of a spectroscope and a bolometer, for determining the distribution of radiant energy in a spectrum.

spectrobolometer

/ ˌspɛktrəʊbəʊˈlɒmɪtə, ˌspɛktrəˌbəʊləˈmɛtrɪk /

noun

1. a combined spectroscope and bolometer for determining the wavelength distribution of radiant energy emitted by a source

Other Word Forms

• spectrobolometric adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of spectrobolometer¹

spectro- + bolometer

Example Sentences

Rowland's great photographic map of the solar spectrum spread out into a band about forty feet in length; and in the infra-red, Langley's spectrobolometer extended the invisible heat spectrum photographically to many times that length.

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