UBV Photometry Definition

yo͝obē-vē
noun
Photometry used to obtain stellar magnitudes in the ultraviolet, blue, and green regions of the visible spectrum by comparing observed brightnesses to those of well-observed standard stars.
American Heritage

Origin of UBV Photometry

  • u(ltraviolet) b(lue) v(isual)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to UBV photometry using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

Words Ending With

Unscrambles

UBV photometry

Words Near UBV Photometry in the Dictionary