Halometer
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Halometer is a noun meaning An instrument for measuring the forms and angles of salts and crystals.
Meaning
An instrument for measuring the forms and angles of salts and crystals.
More Meanings
- An instrument for determining the size of blood cells by measuring the angular diameter of diffraction of light passing through the blood.
Example Sentences
When a small source of light is viewed through a thin blood film on a glass slide, a circular coloured pattern, or halo, is seen. The angular diameter of this halo is inversely proportional to the diameter of the blood cell and it is this which the halometer measures.
Word Forms
- halometers
Synonyms for halometer
Depending on context, synonyms include goniometer.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include holometer, salimeter, salometer, halimeter, mhometer, chloridometer.
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