"colorimeter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: colorimeters [plural]
Etymology: From color + -meter. Compare Latin color, colōris. Etymology templates: {{af|en|color|-meter}} color + -meter, {{cog|la|color|color, colōris}} Latin color, colōris Head templates: {{en-noun}} colorimeter (plural colorimeters)
  1. Any of various instruments designed to determine the color of something, by comparison with standard colors or by spectroscopy.
    Sense id: en-colorimeter-en-noun-BJP3Fmd8 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -meter Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -meter: 47 53
  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. Categories (topical): Analytical chemistry, Measuring instruments Translations (instrument designed to determine color): колориметър (kolorimetǎr) [masculine] (Bulgarian), colorímetre [masculine] (Catalan), 色度計 (Chinese Mandarin), 色度计 (sèdùjì) (Chinese Mandarin), 比色計 (Chinese Mandarin), 比色计 (bǐsèjì) (Chinese Mandarin), värimittari (Finnish), colorimètre [feminine] (French), Kolorimeter [masculine] (German), colorimetro [masculine] (Italian), tintometro [masculine] (Italian), колориметр (kolorimetr) (Kazakh), түс өлшегіш (tüs ölşegış) (Kazakh), jangka warna (Malay), meter warna (Malay), kolorimeter (Malay), رنگسنج (Persian), kulaysukat (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-colorimeter-en-noun-rv~4hCGU Disambiguation of Measuring instruments: 36 64 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -meter Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 41 59 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -meter: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'instrument designed to determine color': 36 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: colourimeter Related terms: colorimetric, colorimetrical, colorimetrically, colorimetry

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