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Photometer vs Sunphotometer - What's the difference?

photometer | sunphotometer |

As nouns the difference between photometer and sunphotometer

is that photometer is (physics) any of several instruments used to measure various aspects of the intensity of light while sunphotometer is a photometer used to measure the intensity of direct sunlight.

As a verb photometer

is (astronomy) to measure some aspect of light (from a star) using a photometer.

photometer

English

(wikipedia photometer)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (physics) Any of several instruments used to measure various aspects of the intensity of light.

    • Derived terms

    * colorimetric photometer * distribution photometer * electronic photometer * flame photometer * flicker photometer * grease spot photometer * integrating-sphere photometer * Joly photometer * Kepler photometer * light-distribution photometer * photoelectric photometer * photoemissive tube photometer * shadow photometer * spectrophotometer * sphere photometer * telephotometer * wax-block photometer * wedge photometer * visual photometer

    Related terms

    * photometric * photometry

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (astronomy) To measure some aspect of light (from a star) using a photometer.

    • Anagrams

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    sunphotometer

    English

    Alternative forms

    *sun photometer

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A photometer used to measure the intensity of direct sunlight