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Definition of Bolometer

Bolometer
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.

Meaning of Bolometer from wikipedia

- A bolometer is a device for measuring radiant heat by means of a material having a temperature-dependent electrical resistance. It was invented in 1878...
- A microbolometer is a specific type of bolometer used as a detector in a thermal camera. Infrared radiation with wavelengths between 7.5–14 μm strikes...
- American aviation pioneer, astronomer and physicist who invented the bolometer. He was the third secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and a professor...
- A scintillating bolometer (or luminescent bolometer) is a scientific instrument using particle physics in the search for events with low energy deposition...
- an in-memory database developed by Facebook Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array, either of two instruments used on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope...
- plane arrays, which are of three different types: multi-beam feed arrays, bolometer arrays, and the experimental phased-array feeds. Multi-beam feed arrays...
- Arcminute Cosmology Bolometer Array Receiver Location(s) Antarctic Treaty area Coordinates 89°59′30″S 44°30′00″W / 89.9917°S 44.5°W / -89.9917; -44...
- Hubble, Sloan Digital Sky Survey, ... 2003 Frank J. Low IR detection by bolometer arrays 2004 Thomas G. Phillips Sub-millimetre and terahertz instrumentation...
- background applications. Some technologies used are HEMT, MMIC, SIS and bolometers. Experiments generally use elaborate cryogenic systems to keep the amplifiers...
- older continuum single pixel UKT14 bolometer receiver was replaced around 1995 by the Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array (SCUBA). This instrument operated...