Colorimetry

[kuhl-uh-rim-i-ter]

col·or·im·e·ter

[kuhl-uh-rim-i-ter]
noun
a device that analyzes color by measuring a given color in terms of a standard color, a scale of colors, or certain primary colors.

Origin:
1860–65; color + -i- + -meter

col·or·i·met·ric [kuhl-er-uh-me-trik] , col·or·i·met·ri·cal, adjective
col·or·i·met·ri·cal·ly, adverb
col·or·im·e·trist, noun
col·or·im·e·try, noun
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World English Dictionary
colorimeter (ˌkʌləˈrɪmɪtə)
 
n
1.  Also called: tintometer an apparatus for determining the concentration of a solution of a coloured substance by comparing the intensity of its colour with that of a standard solution or with standard colour slides
2.  any apparatus for measuring the quality of a colour by comparison with standard colours or combinations of colours
 
colorimetric
 
adj
 
colori'metrical
 
adj
 
colori'metrically
 
adv
 
color'imetry
 
n

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colorimetry col·or·im·e·try (kŭl'ə-rĭm'ĭ-trē)
n.
A technique for measuring the concentration of a known constituent of a solution by comparison of colors of standard solutions of that constituent.


col'or·i·met'ric (-ər-ə-mět'rĭk) adj.

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