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colorimeter

colorimeter noun: any of various instruments designed to determine the color of something, by comparison with standard colors or by spectroscopy.

Noun

colorimeter (plural colorimeters)

  1. 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
  2. (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.

colorimeter meaning in Tamil, Tagalog, Malay and Persian

colorimeter in Tamil

நிறமானி, இரத்தநிறமானி, நிற அளவி

colorimeter in Tagalog

instrument designed to determine color
kulaysukat

colorimeter in Malay

instrument designed to determine color
jangka warna, meter warna, kolorimeter

colorimeter in Persian

instrument designed to determine color
رنگسنج

Forms of colorimeter

pluralcolorimeters
alternative formcolourimeter

Origin of colorimeter

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

Words formed from colorimeter

Questions about colorimeter

What does colorimeter mean?
Colorimeter means any of various instruments designed to determine the color of something, by comparison with standard colors or by spectroscopy.
What is colorimeter in Tamil?
Colorimeter in Tamil is நிறமானி, இரத்தநிறமானி, நிற அளவி. See Colorimeter meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is colorimeter?
Colorimeter is a noun.
What is the plural of colorimeter?
The plural of colorimeter is colorimeters.

Words near colorimeter in the dictionary

  1. coloriferous
  2. colorific
  3. colorification
  4. colorifications
  5. colorifics
  6. colorimeter
  7. colorimeters
  8. colorimetric
  9. colorimetric correction
  10. colorimetric corrections
  11. colorimetrical

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