Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Radiometer.
Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Radiometer and, of course, Radiometer synonyms and on the right images related to the word Radiometer.
Radiometer
Radiometer Ra`di*om"e*ter, n. [L. radius radius + -meter: cf.
F. radiom[`e]tre.]
1. (Naut.) A forestaff.
2. (Physics) An instrument designed for measuring the
mechanical effect of radiant energy.
Note: It consists of a number of light discs, blackened on
one side, placed at the ends of extended arms,
supported on an a pivot in an exhausted glass vessel.
When exposed to rays of light or heat, the arms rotate.
Meaning of Radiometer from wikipedia
- A
radiometer or
roentgenometer is a
device for
measuring the
radiant flux (power) of
electromagnetic radiation. Generally, a
radiometer is an infrared...
- The
Crookes radiometer (also
known as a
light mill)
consists of an
airtight gl**** bulb
containing a
partial vacuum, with a set of
vanes which are mounted...
-
Radiometer is a
Danish multinational company which develops,
manufactures and
markets solutions for
blood sampling,
blood gas analysis, transcutaneous...
- A
microwave radiometer (MWR) is a
radiometer that
measures energy emitted at one millimeter-to-metre
wavelengths (frequencies of 0.3–300 GHz)
known as...
- A
Nichols radiometer was the
apparatus used by
Ernest Fox
Nichols and
Gordon Ferrie Hull in 1901 for the
measurement of
radiation pressure. It consisted...
- A net
radiometer is a type of
actinometer used to
measure net
radiation (NR) at the Earth's
surface for
meteorological applications. The name net radiometer...
-
opportunities for
measuring climate variables. TSI
Radiometer Facility (TRF) is a
cryogenic radiometer that
operates in a
vacuum with
controlled light sources...
- NOAA-N
Prime primary instruments — the
Advanced Very High
Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR/3), High
Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS/4), and the...
-
Remote Sensing of
Environment (March 2007) Multi-angle
Imaging Spectro
Radiometer (MISR)
Special Issue,
Volume 107,
Issues 1–2.
Official NASA site Visible...
- Diviner, also
referred to as the
Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment (DLRE), is an
infrared radiometer aboard NASA's
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, part...
