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Definition of Bolometer
1. Noun. An instrument that measures heat radiation; extremely sensitive.
Derivative terms: Bolometric
Definition of Bolometer
1. n. An instrument for measuring minute quantities of radiant heat, especially in different parts of the spectrum; -- called also actinic balance, thermic balance.
Definition of Bolometer
1. Noun. (physics) A sensitive device for detecting and measuring the energy of electromagnetic radiation ¹
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Definition of Bolometer
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Bolometer
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bolometer
Literary usage of Bolometer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Investigations of Infra-red Spectra by William Weber Coblentz (1908)
"It will be noticed that the thermopile is as sensitive as the bolometer.
The sensitiveness of the radiometer is obtained by comparing it with the bolometer. ..."
2. The Principles of Electric Wave Telegraphy by John Ambrose Fleming (1908)
"bolometer Bridge. 12. The bolometer Method of measuring High Frequency Currents.—A
third method of using a heated wire as an ammeter is the bolometer method ..."
3. Wireless Telegraphy by Jonathan Adolf Wilhelm Zenneck (1915)
"such as the bolometer, thermocouple and thermal galvanometer can come into
consideration, and even then only for moderate distances. The bolometer has been ..."
4. The Theory of Heat by Thomas Preston (1894)
"The bolometer.—An instrument depending on the change of electric resistance with
temperature, and surpassing the thermopile in delicacy and merit as a ..."
5. A Treatise on the Sun's Radiation and Other Solar Phenomena: In Continuation by Frank Hagar Bigelow (1918)
"Pyrheliometer and bolometer Observations We shall now collect together the accepted
data of the observations derived from the pyrheliometer and the ..."
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