Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An instrument for the measurement of the intensity of illumination at any point in a field of light flux.

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  • noun photometer

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Examples

  • An instrument known as a luminometer measured the glow produced and showed a dramatic increase in gene expression in one variant over the others.

    Health News from Medical News Today 2009

  • What would be nice is if the police were equipped with a luminometer to enforce the 300 candella maximum prescribed by the Highway Traffic Act.

    Are LED Lights on the Front of a Vehicle Legal in Ontario? : Law is Cool 2010

  • What would be nice is if the police were equipped with a luminometer to enforce the 300 candella maximum prescribed by the Highway Traffic Act.

    Are LED Lights on the Front of a Vehicle Legal in Ontario? : Law is Cool 2010

  • Luciferase reporter activities were measured after an additional 24 hr in whole cell lysates using the Bright-Glo assay kit (Promega, Madison, WI) and a VictorLight luminometer (Perkin-Elmer, Waltham, MA).

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Miguel Aste-Amézaga et al. 2010

  • The samples were then analyzed using a luminometer

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yonghui Zhang et al. 2010

  • This relationship was quantified by measuring bioluminescence against a temperature gradient in aqueous solution using a luminometer.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Kevin Howe 2010

  • The luciferase activity was measured by the addition of 20 µL of lysate to 100 µL of luciferase assay reagent II (Promega) in a 5 mL test tube followed by reading on a Berthold Lumat LB9501 luminometer

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Michel V. L�vesque et al. 2010

  • The samples were then analyzed using a luminometer

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yonghui Zhang et al. 2010

  • Chemiluminescence was measured at 37°C using opaque 96-well plates (Berthold), and a MicroLumat Plus 96 luminometer (Berthold), controlled with WinGlow software.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Charlotte Joos et al. 2010

  • Plate reading started immediately, and each well was monitored automatically by the luminometer for 1 sec every minute for 1 hr.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Charlotte Joos et al. 2010

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