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pupillometer|pjuːpɪˈlɒmɪtə(r)|
Also (rare) pupilometer.
[f. L. pūpilla pupil n.2 + -ometer.]
An instrument for measuring the size of the pupil of the eye.
1890Billings Nat. Med. Dict., Pupillometer. 1920Jrnl. Optical Soc. Amer. IV. 77 Various pupilometers have been suggested and used for determining the size of the pupil. 1975L. S. Sasieni Princ. & Pract. Optical Dispensing & Fitting (ed. 3) iv. 105 The Pupillometer consists of two parallel tubes each containing a convex lens. 1975Sci. Amer. Nov. 110/2 We have also been using an electronic pupillometer that scans the eye and automatically measures the diameter of the pupil while the experiment is in progress.
Hence ˌpupilloˈmetric a.; ˌpupilloˈmetrics, the study of psychological influences on the size of the pupil; pupiˈllometry, the measurement of the pupil of the eye.
1899Nature 18 May 72/1 Method for rapidly measuring the dimensions of small objects independently of their distance. Application to pupillometry and to laryngometry. 1968E. H. Hess in F. M. Bass et al. Appl. Sci. in Marketing Managem. 431 Pupillometrics..is an area of psychological study that is based on our finding that the pupils..dilate when we see something pleasant or positive. 1968F. J. Van Bortel in Ibid. 440 A new technique of pupillometric measurement. 1977M. P. Janisse Pupillometry iii. 35 The area of pupillometric research that is at once the most popular and the most controversial concerns interest and attitudes. 1980D. Bloodworth Trapdoor xxv. 153 Pupillometrics—which means measuring the dilation of the pupil against ostensible emotions of the subject. |