measurement vs actinometry

actinometry vs measurement

measurement and actinometry both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
measurement	Yes	No	No	No
actinometry	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, actinometry is a hyponym of measurement; that is, actinometry is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than measurement:

measurement: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
actinometry: measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (especially of the sun's rays)

Other hyponyms of measurement include seismography, quantitative analysis, quantitative chemical analysis, algometry, anemography, anemometry, angulation, anthropometry, arterial blood gases, audiometry, bathymetry, plumbing, calorimetry, cephalometry, densitometry, dosimetry, fetometry, foetometry, gravimetry, hydrometry, hypsography, hypsometry, mental measurement, micrometry, observation, pelvimetry, photometry, quantification, radioactive dating, meter reading, reading, sampling, sounding, sound ranging, scaling, spirometry, surveying, telemetry, thermometry, thermogravimetry, tonometry, viscometry, viscosimetry, weigh-in, audience measurement, pycnometry.

measurement (noun)	actinometry (noun)
the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule	measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (especially of the sun's rays)

Difference between measurement and actinometry

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