fadometer

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English

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Etymology

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From fade +‎ -ometer.

Noun

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fadometer (plural fadometers)

  1. A device that irradiates materials in order to test the degree to which they fade from exposure to sunlight.
    • 1930, Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry, Technical Association Papers - Volume 13, page 75:
      We also tried the fadometer and found it graded in between. Taking that same example — between 70 and 21 to the ultra-violet light — it was 70 and 45 to the fadometer.
    • 1936, The Journal of the American Leather Chemists Association:
      The use of a fadometer is to be recommended, but because of its limited use in the average leather laboratory the adoption of the ordinary exposure test is considered best.
    • 1940 August 19, “River Rouge”, in LIFE, volume 9, number 8, page 45:
      A hundred hours in the fadometer equals half a year in Florida sunshine.
    • 1957, Milton Jacobs, Fabrics and Fibers for Passenger Cars:
      Essentially, these consisted of placing fabric swatches under the light of the Florida sun or of a fadometer, and then examining them to determine the degree of fade.