noun
- Plural of densitometer; instruments that measure the optical density or darkness of a material, such as photographic film or paper.
Usage: technical; used in photography, printing, and materials science
Examples
- The laboratory uses densitometers to evaluate the quality of photographic negatives.
- Densitometers are essential tools in the printing industry for color and tone control.
- The technician calibrated the densitometers before beginning the film analysis.
- Modern densitometers can measure both reflective and transmissive optical density.
- Densitometers help ensure consistent image quality across multiple production runs.