Spectrophotometer vs. Photometer

Spectrophotometernoun

(physics) An instrument used to measure the intensity of electromagnetic radiation at different wavelengths.

Spectrophotometernoun

An instrument for measuring or comparing the intensities of the colors of the spectrum.

Spectrophotometernoun

An analytical instrument for measuring the degree of absorption of light at different wavelengths by a chemical substance. A specific pattern of absorption intensities at a series of wavelengths is a characteristic of each different chemical substance.

Spectrophotometernoun

a photometer for comparing two light radiations wavelength by wavelength

Photometernoun

(physics) Any of several instruments used to measure various aspects of the intensity of light.

Photometerverb

(astronomy) To measure some aspect of light (from a star) using a photometer.

Photometernoun

An instrument for measuring the intensity of light, or, more especially, for comparing the relative intensities of different lights, or their relative illuminating power.

Photometernoun

measuring instrument for measuring the luminous intensity of a source by comparing it (visually or photoelectrically) with a standard source

Photometernoun

photographic equipment that measures the intensity of light

Photometernoun

an instrument for measuring the intensity of light.

Photometer

A photometer is an instrument that measures the strength of electromagnetic radiation in the range from ultraviolet to infrared and including the visible spectrum. Most photometers convert light into an electric current using a photoresistor, photodiode, or photomultiplier.