microphotometer
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of various photometers used either to measure the variation of densities over small areas, or to measure accurately small changes in illumination.
Etymology
Etymology tree English micro- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English -meter English photometer English microphotometer From micro- + photometer.