Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or indicated by the bolometer: as, bolometric measures.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective of or pertaining to a bolometer.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to bolometry
- adjective as measured using a
bolometer
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- adjective of or relating to a bolometer
Etymologies
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Examples
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As to the eye, we have reason to believe, from the bolometric observations of LANGLEY (1888), that the mean wave-length of the visual curve of intensity nearly coincides with that of the true intensity-curve, a conclusion easily understood from
Lectures on Stellar Statistics Carl Vilhelm Ludvig Charlier 1898
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Its visible portion covers a range of about one octave; bolometric indications already in 1884 comprised between three and four.
A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition 1874
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Confirmatory evidence of the extraordinary promptitude with which our satellite parts with heat already to some extent appropriated, was afforded by Professor Langley's bolometric observations at Allegheny of the partial eclipse of September 23,
A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition 1874
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[3] The star is also somewhat less luminous in comparison, with a total bolometric luminosity of 81 percent that of our Sun.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] JacobB 2010
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At the compromise distance of 570 light years, the star has a total bolometric luminosity some 85,000 times that of the
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] JacobB 2010
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At the compromise distance of 570 light years, the star has a total bolometric luminosity some 85,000 times that of the
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Because of their intrinsically red colors and dusty circumstellar envelopes, tracking the numbers and bolometric fluxes of AGB stars requires the NIR observations we propose here.
SpaceRef Top Stories 2010
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Because of their intrinsically red colors and dusty circumstellar envelopes, tracking the numbers and bolometric fluxes of AGB stars requires the NIR observations we propose here.
SpaceRef Top Stories 2010
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The only mistake I can see is the 0.98 albedo of Venus-not sure where that came from, but the bolometric Bond albedo of Venus is
RealClimate 2009
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The only mistake I can see is the 0.98 albedo of Venus-not sure where that came from, but the bolometric Bond albedo of Venus is
RealClimate 2009
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