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Webster 1913 Edition

Bolometer

Bo-lom′e-ter

,

Noun.

[Gr.

[GREEK]

a stroke, ray +

-meter

.]

(Physics)

An instrument for measuring minute quantities of radiant heat, especially in different parts of the spectrum; – called also

actinic balance

,

thermic balance

.

S. P. Langley.