colorimeter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various instruments designed to determine the color of something, by comparison with standard colors or by spectroscopy.
  2. An analytic instrument that estimates the concentration of a substance in a sample by measuring its color against the solution's complementary color.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Gt59514-colorimeter.wav

Word forms

colorimeter colorimeters colourimeter

Etymology

From color + -meter. Compare Latin color, colōris.

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