densitometry

1. 1.

   measuring the optical density of a substance by shining light on it and measuring its transmission

   Broadermeasurement

Other forms of densitometry

plural

densitometries·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about densitometry

What does densitometry mean?

densitometry means "measuring the optical density of a substance by shining light on it and measuring its transmission".

How many syllables are in densitometry?

densitometry has 5 syllables: den-si-to-me-try. The stress falls on "to".

Is densitometry a common word?

densitometry is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.