Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

light mill

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.33 in modern English

Syllables
light mill
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An airtight glass bulb containing a partial vacuum and a set of vanes, mounted on a spindle, which rotate when exposed to light, providing a quantitative measurement of electromagnetic radiation intensity.

Etymology

By analogy with windmill and water mill.

Inflected Forms

light mills (plural)

Synonyms

Crookes radiometer

Questions

What does light mill mean?
An airtight glass bulb containing a partial vacuum and a set of vanes, mounted on a spindle, which rotate when exposed to light, providing a quantitative measurement of electromagnetic radiation intensity.
Where does light mill come from?
By analogy with windmill and water mill.

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