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Meaning of COLORIMETER

Pronunciation:  `kulu'rimitur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a measuring instrument used in colorimetric analysis to determine the quantity of a substance from the color it yields with specific reagents
 
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 Synonyms: tintometer
 
 See Also: measuring device, measuring instrument, measuring system

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Col`or*im"e*ter\, n. [Color + -meter: cf. F.
colorim[`e]tre.]
An instrument for measuring the depth of the color of
anything, especially of a liquid, by comparison with a
standard liquid.
 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: A device used to find out the concentration of particles suspended in a solution or a liquid medium by beaming light through it and measuring the amount of light that makes it out the other side. (The process is a part of the study of spectroscopy.) The device can be used to measure turbidity, or the amount of bacterial cells in a medium. The method of colorimetry is based on the Beer-Lambert Law.
 

 

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