Definitions for bolometer

bolometer bo·lom·e·ter

Spelling: [boh-lom-i-ter, buh-]
IPA: /boʊˈlɒm ɪ tər, bə-/

Bolometer is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 296 anagrams from letters in bolometer (beelmoort).

Definitions for bolometer

noun

  1. a device for measuring minute amounts of radiant energy by determining the changes of resistance in an electric conductor caused by changes in its temperature.

Origin of bolometer

1880-85; Greek bol(ḗ) ray + -o- + -meter

Examples for bolometer

We have a heat-measuring instrument, the bolometer, which makes the best thermometer seem Early Victorian.

Later, Langley reinvestigated the radiation of Pyrophorus and could detect no heating whatever with the bolometer.

A more careful study has been made by Langley and Very with the bolometer.

They may be investigated with the bolometer, an instrument invented by the late Professor Langley.

Word Value for bolometer
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