ACTINOMETRY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (especially of the sun's rays)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("actinometry" is a kind of...):

measure; measurement; measuring; mensuration (the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule)

Derivation:

actinometric (of or related to actinometry)