actinometer

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κτῑ́ς (ăktī́s)der.

English actino-

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Hellenic *-tron

Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron)

Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor.

French -mètrebor.

English -meter

English actinometer

From actino- + -meter.

Noun

actinometer (plural actinometers)

1. (physics) An instrument used to measure the heating power of electromagnetic radiation, especially that of solar radiation.

   Synonym: heliothermometer

Related terms

• actinometric
• actinometry

Translations

measuring instrument

• Azerbaijani: aktinometr, radiasiyaölçən
• Belarusian: актынометр m (aktynómjetr)
• Bulgarian: актинометър m (aktinometăr)
• Catalan: actinòmetre m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 光量計 / 光量计 (guāngliàngjì), 露光計 / 露光计 (lùguāngjì), 曝光計 / 曝光计 (zh) (pùguāngjì)

• French: actinomètre (fr) m
• Galician: actinómetro m
• Hungarian: aktinométer (hu)
• Indonesian: aktinometer (id)
• Irish: achtanaiméadar m
• Italian: attinometro m
• Kazakh: актинометр (aktinometr)
• Malay: aktinometer
• Polish: aktynometr (pl) m
• Portuguese: (Brazil) actinômetro m, (Portugal) actinómetro m
• Romanian: actinometru (ro) n
• Russian: актино́метр (ru) m (aktinómetr)
• Spanish: actinómetro (es) m
• Tamil: கதிர் செறிவு அளவி (katir ceṟivu aḷavi)
• Ukrainian: актинометр m (aktynometr)

Anagrams

• coterminate, interactome

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English actinometer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑkˈti.noːˌmeː.tər/

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• Hyphenation: ac‧ti‧no‧me‧ter

Noun

actinometer m (plural actinometers, no diminutive)

1. actinometer [from 19th c.]