colorimeter

English

Alternative forms

• colourimeter

Etymology

Fromcolor+‎-meter.CompareLatincolor, colōris.

Noun

colorimeter(pluralcolorimeters)

1. Any of variousinstrumentsdesigned todeterminethecolorof something, bycomparisonwithstandardcolors or byspectroscopy.
   • 2002,Victoria Finlay,Colour,Sceptre, published2003,page113:

     It was, however, the need to distinguish specifically between different brown colours which led to the world's firstcolorimeter.

2. (analyticalchemistry)Ananalyticinstrument thatestimatestheconcentrationof asubstancein asampleby measuring its color against the solution's complementary color.

Derived terms

• microcolorimeter
• photocolorimeter

Related terms

• colorimetric
• colorimetrical
• colorimetrically
• colorimetry

Translations

instrument designed to determine color

• Bulgarian:колориметърm(kolorimetǎr)
• Catalan:colorímetrem
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Sắc độ kế／Sắc độ kế(zh)(Sắc dùjì),So sắc kế／So sắc kế(zh)(bǐ sắc jì)

• Finnish:värimittari
• French:colorimètre(fr)f
• German:Kolorimeterm
• Italian:colorimetro(it)m,tintometrom
• Kazakh:колориметр(kolorimetr),түс өлшегіш(tüs ölşegış)
• Malay:jangka warna,meter warna,kolorimeter
• Persian:رنگسنج(phát)
• Tagalog:kulaysukat