colorimeter en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From color + -meter. Compare Latin color, colōris.
Meanings
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Any of various instruments designed to determine the color of something, by comparison with standard colors or by spectroscopy.
It was, however, the need to distinguish specifically between different brown colours which led to the world's first colorimeter.
2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, Sceptre, published 2003, page 113:
- (qualifier:analytical chemistry) An analytic instrument that estimates the concentration of a substance in a sample by measuring its color against the solution's complementary color.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| colourimeter | alternative | lexicographic | |
| colorimeters | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
photocolorimeter · microcolorimeter
Relateds
colorimetry · colorimetrical · colorimetrically · colorimetric
Translations (16)
kk колориметр (instrument designed to determine color) · ms jangka warna (instrument designed to determine color) · ms meter warna (instrument designed to determine color) · ca colorímetre (instrument designed to determine color) · it tintometro (instrument designed to determine color) · bg колориметър (instrument designed to determine color) · fr colorimètre (instrument designed to determine color) · it colorimetro (instrument designed to determine color) · fi värimittari (instrument designed to determine color) · kk түс өлшегіш (instrument designed to determine color) · cmn 比色計 /比色计 (instrument designed to determine color) · de Kolorimeter (instrument designed to determine color) · cmn 色度計 /色度计 (instrument designed to determine color) · fa رنگسنج (instrument designed to determine color) · ms kolorimeter (instrument designed to determine color) · tl kulaysukat (instrument designed to determine color)