photometry
noun
photometry is spelled P-H-O-T-O-M-E-T-R-Y: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 76,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, photometry means “The measurement of various aspects of light, especially its intensity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of photometry is photometries.
How many letters and syllables are in photometry?
| Letters | 10: P-H-O-T-O-M-E-T-R-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 76,798th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is photometry?
Photometry appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 76,798th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce photometry?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Neøn-photometry.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of photometry
- photometries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does photometry mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The measurement of various aspects of light, especially its intensity.
- 2
The measurement of the intensity and spectrum of light from stars.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate photometry?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of photometry: photom.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Photometry in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense physics: the measurement of various aspects of light, especially its intensity:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | photométrie |
| Portuguese | fotometria |
| Spanish | fotometría |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does photometry come from?
From photo- + -metry.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).