Associations to the word «Photometer»

Wiktionary

PHOTOMETER, noun. (physics) Any of several instruments used to measure various aspects of the intensity of light.
PHOTOMETER, verb. (astronomy) To measure some aspect of light (from a star) using a photometer.

Dictionary definition

PHOTOMETER, noun. Measuring instrument for measuring the luminous intensity of a source by comparing it (visually or photoelectrically) with a standard source.
PHOTOMETER, noun. Photographic equipment that measures the intensity of light.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King