fadometer
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A device that irradiates materials in order to test the degree to which they fade from exposure to sunlight.
Example Sentences
- "We also tried the fadometer and found it graded in between. Taking that same example — between 70 and 21 to the ultra-violet light — it was 70 and 45 to the fadometer."
- "The use of a fadometer is to be recommended, but because of its limited use in the average leather laboratory the adoption of the ordinary exposure test is considered best."
- "A hundred hours in the fadometer equals half a year in Florida sunshine."
- "Essentially, these consisted of placing fabric swatches under the light of the Florida sun or of a fadometer, and then examining them to determine the degree of fade."