fluorometer

[ floo-rom-i-ter, flaw-, floh- ]
/ flʊˈrɒm ɪ tər, flɔ-, floʊ- /

noun

an instrument for measuring fluorescence, often as a means of determining the nature of the substance emitting the fluorescence.
Also fluorimeter.

Origin of fluorometer

First recorded in 1895–1900; fluoro- + -meter

OTHER WORDS FROM fluorometer

fluor·o·met·ric [floo r-uh-me-trik, flawr-uh-, flohr-uh-] /ˌflʊər əˈmɛ trɪk, ˌflɔr ə-, ˌfloʊr ə-/, adjective fluo·rom·e·try, noun

Words nearby fluorometer

fluoro-, fluorocarbon, fluorochemical, fluorochrome, fluorography, fluorometer, fluorometry, fluorophore, fluorophosphate, fluorophosphoric acid, fluorophotometry

British Dictionary definitions for fluorometry

fluorometer

fluorimeter (ˌflʊəˈrɪmɪtə)

/ (ˌflʊəˈrɒmɪtə) /

noun

an instrument for inducing fluorescence by irradiation and for examination of the emission spectrum of the resulting fluorescent light
a device for detecting and measuring ultraviolet radiation by determining the amount of fluorescence that it produces from a phosphor

Derived forms of fluorometer

fluorometric (ˌflʊərəʊˈmɛtrɪk) or fluorimetric (ˌflʊərɪˈmɛtrɪk), adjective fluorometry or fluorimetry, noun

Medical definitions for fluorometry (1 of 2)

fluorometry
[ flu-rŏm′ĭ-trē, flô- ]

n.

An analytic method for detecting and measuring fluorescence in compounds that uses ultraviolet light stimulating the compounds, causing them to emit visible light.

Other words from fluorometry

fluor′o•met′ric (flur′ə-mĕt′rĭk, flôr′-) adj.

Medical definitions for fluorometry (2 of 2)

fluorometer
[ flu-rŏm′ĭ-tər, flô- ]

n.

An instrument for detecting and measuring fluorescence.