Associations to the word «Photometry»

Wiktionary

PHOTOMETRY, noun. (physics) The measurement of various aspects of light, especially its intensity.
PHOTOMETRY, noun. (astronomy) The measurement of the intensity and spectrum of light from stars.

Dictionary definition

PHOTOMETRY, noun. Measurement of the properties of light (especially luminous intensity).

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky