Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A device used for measuring the sensitivity of photographic film to light.
- noun A similar device for measuring the sensitivity of eyes to light.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An apparatus or device of any kind for testing or determining the degree of sensitiveness of photographic films, emulsions, etc.; also, loosely, the sensitiveness of a plate (generally expressed in numbers) as indicated by a sensitometer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Photog.) An instrument or apparatus for comparing and grading the sensitiveness of plates, films, etc., as a screen divided into squares of different shades or colors, from which a picture is made on the plate to be tested.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun photography An instrument used to measure the
sensitivity ofphotographic film tolight
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a measuring instrument for measuring the light sensitivity of film over a range of exposures
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
Examples
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Evaluates motion picture film to determine characteristics, such as sensitivity to light, density, and exposure time required for printing, using sensitometer, densitometer, and timer lights.
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Another method, employed largely in England, depends on the use of the Warnerke sensitometer.
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The plates were exposed in the sensitometer as usual, except that it was found convenient in several cases to use a larger stop, measuring 0.316 cm. in diameter.
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The cover of the sensitometer containing the 0. 05cm. hole is put on, and the plates exposed to sky light for a time varying anywhere between twenty seconds and three minutes, depending on the sensitiveness of the plates.
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