apertometer

[ ap-er-tom-i-ter ]

nounOptics.
  1. an instrument for measuring the angular and numerical aperture of the objective lens of a microscope.

Origin of apertometer

1
First recorded in 1875–80; apert(ure) + -o- + -meter

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