Definition of Photometer

a device that gauges intensity of light

Examples of Photometer in a sentence

After the photometer broke, the camera was worthless since it produced only dark pictures.  🔊

As the light passed over the filter in the photometer, the camera would then adjust the amount of light needed to take the picture.  🔊

Since people’s eyesight deteriorates over time, it can be unreliable to detect the amount of light needed for a photograph so they rely on a photometer.  🔊

A photometer uses shadows to compare the darkness of a certain area to the brighter areas around it.  🔊

Acting as a photometer, the pupil in the eye will recognize too much light entering the back of the eye decreasing the size of the pupil.  🔊

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