photoclinometry en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English clinometry English photoclinometry From photo- + clinometry.
Meanings
- (uncountable) The estimation of slope information by the analysis of brightness distribution in a photograph of a geologic surface (such as a lunar crater)