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Definition of Scintillometer
1. Noun. (physics) A device that measures fluctuations in the Earth’s atmosphere. ¹
2. Noun. (physics) A scintillation counter. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scintillometer
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Scintillometer
1. Synonym: scintillation counter. Origin: L. Scintilla, spark, + G. Metron, measure (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scintillometer
Literary usage of Scintillometer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The London Medical and Physical Journal (1799)
"Dr. Fricke's scintillometer consists of a metal cylinder, thirty inches long,
which lies insulated upon a pedestal, in a horizontal direction : it is ..."
2. Symons's Meteorological Magazine (1885)
"In it M. Montigny begins by explaining that the indications given by the
scintillometer may be divided into three classes. ..."
3. The Popular Science Monthly (1890)
"His most important researches were on the scintillation of the stars, for which
he invented an instrument called the scintillometer, which he observed ..."
4. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1904)
"The frequency and extent of the oscillations and changes of color may be observed
by means of the scintillometer, by which the image of a star is drawn out ..."
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