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Photon vs Photometer - What's the difference?

photon | photometer |

As nouns the difference between photon and photometer

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

As a verb photometer is

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

photon

English

(wikipedia photon)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (particle) The quantum of light and other electromagnetic energy, regarded as a discrete particle having zero rest mass, no electric charge, and an indefinitely long lifetime. It is a gauge boson.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Fenella Saunders
  • , title= Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.}}

    Derived terms

    * photonics

    See also

    * phonon * plasmon ----

    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

    Verb

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

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