Definition of Radiometry

1. n. The use of the radiometer, or the measurement of radiation.

Definition of Radiometry

1. Noun. (physics) The branch of science that deals with the detection and measurement of radiant electromagnetic energy. ¹

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Definition of Radiometry

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Medical Definition of Radiometry

1. The measurement of radiation by photography, as in X-ray film and film badge, by geiger-mueller tube, and by scintillation counting. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Radiometry

radiomanganese
radiomen
radiomercury
radiomeric
radiometal
radiometallic
radiometallography
radiometals
radiometer
radiometers
radiometric
radiometric dating
radiometric magnitude
radiometrically
radiometries
radiometry (current term)
radiomicrometer
radiomicrometers
radiomimetic
radiomolybdenum
radiomuscular
radiomutation
radiomutations
radion
radionebula
radionecroses
radionecrosis
radionecrotic
radioneon
radioneuritis

Literary usage of Radiometry

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Outlines of Applied Optics by Perley Gilman Nutting (1912)
"radiometry AND SPECTROradiometry. Radiation is measured directly as energy in watts or ergs per second by the methods of radiometry. ..."

2. NBS Special Publication (1921)
"radiometry Researches The following paragraphs summarize the most important investigations in radiometry which had a direct military application: Radiant ..."

3. Investigations of Infra-red Spectra by William Weber Coblentz (1908)
"INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS USED IN radiometry. There are few fields of experimental investigation so beset with difficulties as the quantitative measurement of ..."

4. War Work of the Bureau of Standards: April 1, 1921 by United States Bureau of Standards (1921)
"radiometry Researches The following paragraphs summarize the most important investigations in radiometry which had a direct military application: Radiant ..."

5. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"... in which alternating current and rectifying switch are used. 3. Measurements of the Quantity of Rontgen Radiation (Dosage of X-Ray; radiometry; ..."

6. Harvard Psychological Studies by Harvard Psychological Laboratory (1913)
"radiometry of white light stimuli.—" Light is not a simple multiple of radiation, but a complicated function of its quality, quantity, and duration. ..."

7. The Clinical Diagnosis of Internal Diseases by Lewellys Franklin Barker (1916)
"... in which alternating current and rectifying switch are used. 3. Measurements of the Quantity of Rontgen Radiation (Dosage of X-Ray; radiometry; ..."

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