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单词 radiometer
释义

radiometer

noun

ra·​di·​om·​e·​ter ˌrā-dē-ˈä-mə-tər How to pronounce radiometer (audio)
: an instrument for detecting and usually for measuring the intensity of radiant energy
radiometry
ˌrā-dē-ˈä-mə-trē How to pronounce radiometer (audio)
noun

Illustration of radiometer

Illustration of radiometer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web With the radiometer, the Juno team can create heat maps of Jupiter’s atmospheric layers and look for circular features at different altitudes in the atmosphere, which indicate the presence of a vortex. Katrina Miller, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2021 This finding emerged from another of Juno’s instruments: a microwave radiometer. Ramin Skibba, Wired, 28 Oct. 2021 To study the Great Red Spot, the Juno probe was reoriented from its normal sideways attitude, so that the microwave radiometer on board could better reveal details of its vertical structure. NBC News, 28 Oct. 2021 Each unit is fitted with a microwave radiometer, so researchers and forecasters will be able to see phenomena not visible to the naked eye, like water vapor and temperature information. Meghan Herbst, Wired, 25 June 2021 The qualification unit is expected to start providing radiometer data within a few weeks. Meghan Herbst, Wired, 25 June 2021 Scientists will use the microwave radiometer to identify what the lighter and darker patches on the moon are made of and how the moon maintains its frozen shell, per Space.com. Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 June 2021 Valero proposed two instruments: a camera called EPIC to image clouds and other climate-influencing factors such as pollution, volcanic ash and seasonal vegetation; and a radiometer named NISTAR to measure the energy coming from Earth. Mark Zastrow, Scientific American, 15 Jan. 2015 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. Maddie Stone, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Dec. 2019 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1875, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

radiometer

noun

ra·​di·​om·​e·​ter ˌrād-ē-ˈäm-ət-ər How to pronounce radiometer (audio)
: an instrument for measuring the intensity of radiant energy
also : an instrument for measuring electromagnetic radiation or sound waves
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