Etymograph

English

fadometer

From fade + -ometer.

Formed from fade + -ometer

Old French fade ‘weak, witless’

Middle Dutch vade ‘weak, faint, limp’

Middle English fade

English fade

Today it means

noun A device that irradiates materials in order to test the degree to which they fade from exposure to sunlight.

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Etymograph / fadometer