photoclinometry

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photoclinometry [¦fōd·ō·klə′näm·ə·trē]

(geology)

A technique for ascertaining slope information from an image brightness distribution, used especially for studying the amount of slope to a lunar crater wall or ridge by measuring the density of its shadow.

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