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[syn: colorimeter, tintometer]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Colorimeter \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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
colorimeter
n 1: a measuring instrument used in colorimetric analysis to
determine the quantity of a substance from the color it
yields with specific reagents [syn: colorimeter,
tintometer]