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radiometer

[rey-dee-om-i-ter] / ˌreɪ diˈɒm ɪ tər /


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Britain also supplied the radiometer, from Thales Alenia Space UK, and the imager, from Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.

From BBC • May 28, 2024

The instrument, a mini microwave radiometer, can measure heat and light emanating from oxygen and water vapor in the air.

From The Verge • Jun. 10, 2022

The device they use is a microwave radiometer.

From Scientific American • Aug. 3, 2021

Every station except for the highest one is outfitted with a net radiometer, an instrument that measures incoming and outgoing radiation, and the lower stations also carry rain gauges and present weather sensors.

From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2019

Crookes, William, an eminent chemist and physicist, born in London; distinguished for researches in both capacities; discovered the metal thallium, and invented the radiometer; b.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin