-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dear Ed,
to me, an '-ometer' is a device that measures whatever you put in front of the 'o', so in case of a diffractometer that's a device that measures diffraction. Best, Tim On 06/19/2013 08:11 PM, Edward A. Berry wrote: > Somewhere I got the idea that a diffractometer is an instrument > that measures one reflection at a time. Is that the case, and if so > what is the term for instruments like rotation camera, weisenberg, > area detector? (What is an area detector?). > > Logically I guess a diffractometer could be anything that measures > diffraction, and that seems to be view of the wikipedia article of > that name. eab > - -- Dr Tim Gruene Institut fuer anorganische Chemie Tammannstr. 4 D-37077 Goettingen GPG Key ID = A46BEE1A -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iD8DBQFRwiyEUxlJ7aRr7hoRAuJkAKDGtawLHRpOnErm9o1HQPpaNTQAfwCeOj4E LufTOxcBtrkHVM2XGcK9/pM= =4rop -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
