Crossword-Solution: ACTINOMETER
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Actinometer | n. | An instrument for measuring the direct heating power of the sun's rays. |
| Actinometer | n. | An instrument for measuring the actinic effect of rays of light. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| ACTINOMETER | anagram | REMITATONCE |
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| an instrument for measuring incident radiation | 1 answer |
| HEAT radiation measuring instrument | 2 answers |
| Measure | 111 answers |
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Sentences with ACTINOMETER (5)
The few actinometer observations which I was enabled to record, were made with two of these instruments constructed by Barrow, and had the bulbs of their thermometers plunged into the fluid of the chamber.
The mystery was not a new type of infernal machine as they imagined but merely a home-made actinometer! It was contrived from an old cheap watch-case, while the strange contents were merely strips of paper which had been soaked in a solution of potassium bichromate! These preliminaries completed, my two companions and I were paraded before another pompous official who, like the majority of his ilk, was smothered with decorations.
Another object was, to bring down specimens of air from different altitudes, for analysis; to try the effect of the actinometer at great elevations; and to note the hygrometric condition.
Etym: [Tithonic + -meter.] Defn: An instrument or apparatus for measuring or detecting tithonicity; an actinometer.
With daylight, however, the light is constantly fluctuating, and this renders the use of an actinometer a necessity for correct exposure.