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colorimetry en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˌkʌl.əˈɹɪm.ə.tɹi/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Indo-European *ḱélōs Proto-Italic *kelōs Old Latin colōs Latin color Old French color Anglo-Norman colurbor. Middle English colour English color Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -μετρία (-metría)der. Latin -metriader. Old French -métrieder. English -metry English colorimetry From color + -metry.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The science of measuring colours and assigning them numeric values.
2. (countable, qualifier:analytical chemistry, uncountable) Analysis involving the quantitative measurement of colour.

Forms

Deriveds

colorimetrist · spectrocolorimetry · photocolorimetry · microcolorimetry · immunocolorimetry

Relateds

colorimeter · colorimetrically · colorimetric

Translations (9)

fr colorimétrie (science of measuring colours and assigning them numeric values) · fa رنگسنجی (science of measuring colours and assigning them numeric values) · uk колориметрія (analysis involving the quantitative measurement of colour) · es colorimetría (science of measuring colours and assigning them numeric values) · cs kolorimetrie (science of measuring colours and assigning them numeric values) · de Farbmetrik (science of measuring colours and assigning them numeric values) · fa رنگسنجی (analysis involving the quantitative measurement of colour) · tl kulaysukatan (science of measuring colours and assigning them numeric values) · ms kolorimetri (science of measuring colours and assigning them numeric values)