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colorimeter

Noun

col=or=im=e=ter

WORDNET DICTIONARY

colorimeter(n = noun.artifact) tintometer - a measuring instrument used in colorimetric analysis to determine the quantity of a substance from the color it yields with specific reagents; Array

is a kind of measuring device, measuring instrument, measuring system

Derived form adjective colorimetric₁

colorimeter, n. [Color + -meter: cf. F. colorimètre.].

An instrument for measuring the depth of the color of anything, especially of a liquid, by comparison with a standard liquid. [1913 Webster]

colorimeter, n. an instrument for measuring the intensity of colour.

Derivative

colorimetric adj. colorimetry n.

Etymology

L color COLOUR + -METER

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