Helen Fenton

Actinometer: Definition and part of speech

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Actinometer

  1. n. An instrument for measuring the actinic effect of rays of light.
  2. n. An instrument for measuring the direct heating power of the sun’s rays.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Actinometric: Definition and part of speech

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Actinometric

  1. a. Pertaining to the measurement of the intensity of the solar rays, either (a) heating, or (b) actinic.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Actinometry: Definition and part of speech

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Actinometry

  1. n. The measurement of the chemical or actinic energy of light.
  2. n. The measurement of the force of solar radiation.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Actinotrocha: Definition and part of speech

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Actinotrocha

  1. n. pl. A peculiar larval form of Phoronis, a genus of marine worms, having a circle of ciliated tentacles.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Actinozoa: Definition and part of speech

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Actinozoa

  1. n. pl. A group of Coelenterata, comprising the Anthozoa and Ctenophora. The sea anemone, or actinia, is a familiar example.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.