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photometrician

photometrician

9.9
A person who measures how bright light or stars are
  • noun
  • /ˌfoʊtəˈmɛtrɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : fotometrista
  • As a photometrician, she analyzes data from telescopes to determine the brightness of stars.

Examples

  • The museum hired a photometrician to consult on their new lighting system.

  • The photometrician carefully calibrated the equipment before the experiment began.

  • A photometrician can help improve lighting in your home.

  • The photometrician analyzed the light levels in the studio.

  • As a photometrician, she analyzes data from telescopes to determine the brightness of stars.

  • The photometrician carefully calibrated the equipment before the experiment began.

  • The museum hired a photometrician to consult on their new lighting system.

Synonyms

photometrist
vsphotometrician
  • Specialized
9.9

A person who measures how bright light is using instruments

is an alternative term that shares the same meaning rather than a different sense

Surface Forms

photometrician singular
photometricians plural

Morphology

photometrician = photometric (semi-transparent) = photo + metric + ic + ian

Adding the agentive suffix -ian to photometric regularly forms a person associated with that field.

Etymology

The word photometrician comes from Greek parts photo- meaning 'light' and -metric meaning 'measure', and you can see the same idea in photograph, a picture made with light, and meter, a thing that measures. So, a photometrician is a person who measures how bright light is.