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noun
Synonym of actinometer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Synonyms: actinometer
Antonyms: none provided
History
From helio- + thermometer. Coined by Genevan scientist Horace Bénédict de Saussure.
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
