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bo·lom·e·ter    Audio Help   [boh-lom-i-ter, buh-] Pronunciation Key
–noun Physics.
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: 1880–85; < Gk bol() ray + -o- + -meter]

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bo·lo·met·ric    Audio Help   [boh-luh-me-trik] Pronunciation Key, adjective
bo·lo·met·ri·cal·ly, adverb
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bo·lom·e·ter    Audio Help   (bō-lŏm'ĭ-tər)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   An instrument that measures radiant energy by correlating the radiation-induced change in electrical resistance of a blackened metal foil with the amount of radiation absorbed.


[Greek bolē, ray; see gwelə- in Indo-European roots + -meter.]

bo'lo·met'ric (bō'lə-mět'rĭk) adj., bo'lo·met'ri·cal·ly adv.
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bolometer

noun
an instrument that measures heat radiation; extremely sensitive 

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Main Entry: bo·lom·e·ter
Pronunciation: bO-'läm-&t-&r
Function: noun
: a very sensitive thermometer used in the detection and measurement of feeble thermal radiation and especially adapted to the study of infrared spectra —bo·lo·met·ric /"bO-l&-'me-trik/ adjective —bo·lo·met·ri·cal·ly /-tri-k(&-)lE/ adverb

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Bolometer

Bo*lom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? a stroke, ray + -meter.] (Physics) An instrument for measuring minute quantities of radiant heat, especially in different parts of the spectrum; -- called also actinic balance, thermic balance. --S. P. Langley.
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