Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
radiometer , 2.
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Examples
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When Sir William Crookes developed a four-vaned radiometer, also known as the light-mill, in 1873, it was believed that this device confirmed the existence of linear momentum carried by photons
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The team's first attempt to simply miniaturize the light-mill didn't work.
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Because there's obviously no sunlight in the body, this light-mill pulls its power from a laser run up through the center of the catheter.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The team's first attempt to simply miniaturize the light-mill didn't work.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Because there's obviously no sunlight in the body, this light-mill pulls its power from a laser run up through the center of the catheter.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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