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fadometer

noun

Etymology

From fade + -ometer.

  1. derived from fatuus
  2. derived from *fatidus✻
  3. derived from fade
  4. derived from vade
  5. inherited from fade
  6. suffixed as fadometer — “fade + ometer”

Definitions

  1. A device that irradiates materials in order to test the degree to which they fade from…

    A device that irradiates materials in order to test the degree to which they fade from exposure to sunlight.

    • We also tried the fadometer and found it graded in between. Taking that same example — between 70 and 21 to the ultra-violet light — it was 70 and 45 to the fadometer.
    • The use of a fadometer is to be recommended, but because of its limited use in the average leather laboratory the adoption of the ordinary exposure test is considered best.
    • A hundred hours in the fadometer equals half a year in Florida sunshine.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA