radiometry

Variant of radiometer

noun

  1. a device containing a set of vanes that are blackened on one side and suspended on an axis in a vacuum: the vanes rotate on exposure to sunlight
  2. an instrument for measuring radiant energy in any part of the electromagnetic spectrum

Origin: radio- + -meter

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