Added 9 October 2026
colorimeter
noun
Latin root: color Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about colorimeter at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- Any of various instruments designed to determine the color of something, by comparison with standard colors or by spectroscopy.
- An analytic instrument that estimates the concentration of a substance in a sample by measuring its color against the solution's complementary color.
Origin
From color + -meter. Compare Latin color, colōris.
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