actinometry
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[edit]actinometry (countable and uncountable, plural actinometries)
- the measurement of the heating power of electromagnetic radiation, especially that of solar radiation
- 1855, Matthew Fontaine Maury, The Physical Geography of the Sea, and Its Meteorology:
- the air with its actinometry presents itself in the light of a thermal adjustment , by which the land and sea are prevented from becoming seething hot
- the measurement of the chemical or actinic energy of light
- 1878, William de Wiveleslie Abney, A treatise on photography:
- ACTINOMETRY (chapter title)
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[edit]measurement of the heating power of electromagnetic radiation
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