photocounting

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noun

The counting of photons.

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Meanings

nounphotocounting (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe counting of photons.

    The role played by spectral statistics of random matrices is highlighted in approximating the overall photocounting distribution when acting intensities are modeled by a non-central Wishart random matrix.

    2015, Elvira Di Nardo, “On photon statistics parametrized by a non-central Wishart random matrix”, in arXiv

Origin

From photo- + counting.

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APA

photocounting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photocounting

MLA

“photocounting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photocounting. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “photocounting,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photocounting.

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