microfadeometer
A device which focuses a bright light on a small part of a painting in order to measure how much it fades
Noun
- A device which focuses a bright light on a small part of a painting in order to measure how much it fades
- This includes an infrared spectroscope that has been used to figure out the chemical fingerprints of things as varied as asteroids and illegal drugs; a device called a microfadeometer, which trains an intense beam of...
Origin
From micro- + fadeometer.