| Pronunciation: | | `kulu'rimitur
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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[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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COLORIMETER is a 11 letter word that starts with C. |
| | Synonyms: | | tintometer |
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| | See Also: | | measuring device, measuring instrument, measuring system |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | 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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