photometer

1. 1.

   measuring instrument for measuring the luminous intensity of a source by comparing it (visually or photoelectrically) with a standard source

   Broadermeasuring instrument

   Narrowerspectrophotometer
2. 2.

   photographic equipment that measures the intensity of light

   Synonymslight meterexposure meter

   Broaderphotographic equipment

   Narrowercytophotometer

Other forms of photometer

plural

photometers·

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 photometer

What does photometer mean?

photometer means "measuring instrument for measuring the luminous intensity of a source by comparing it (visually or photoelectrically) with a standard source". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in photometer?

photometer has 4 syllables: pho-to-me-ter. The stress falls on "to". In IPA it is /fəˈtɑmɪtɚ/.

What is another word for photometer?

Close synonyms include light meter, exposure meter. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is photometer a common word?

photometer 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.