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ACTINOMETRY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (especially of the sun's rays)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("actinometry" is a kind of...):
measure; measurement; measuring; mensuration (the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule)
Derivation:
actinometric (of or related to actinometry)