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photometry

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. photometry (noun)
  2. flame photometer (noun)

pho·tom·e·try

noun \fō-ˈtä-mə-trē\

Definition of PHOTOMETRY

: a branch of science that deals with measurement of the intensity of light; also : the practice of using a photometer

Origin of PHOTOMETRY

New Latin photometria, from phot- + -metria -metry
First Known Use: 1824

Rhymes with PHOTOMETRY

astrometry, barometry, chronometry, geometry, isometry, optometry, psychometry, seismometry, spirometry, thermometry

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