bolometer

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Definition of bolometer

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

A sensitive device for detecting and measuring the energy of electromagnetic radiation.

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Coined in 1878 by Samuel Pierpont Langley from Ancient Greek βολή (bolḗ, “a strike, a throw”) + -meter.

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