transmittance meter

trans·mis·som·e·ter

[trans-muh-som-i-ter, tranz-]
noun Meteorology.
an instrument for measuring visibility or the transmission of light in the atmosphere.
Also called hazemeter, transmittance meter.


Origin:
1930–35; transmiss(ion) + -o- + -meter

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