Quantitative chemical analysis by color using a colorimeter

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The science of measuring colours and assigning them numeric values. 2 (context analytical chemistry English) analysis involving the quantitative measurement of colour.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Colorimetry (American English) or Colourimetry (British English; see spelling differences ) is "the science and technology used to quantify and describe physically the human color perception ." It is similar to spectrophotometry , but is distinguished by ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Colorimetry \Col`or*im"e*try\, n. [See Colorimeter .] The quantitative determination of the depth of color of a substance. A method of quantitative chemical analysis based upon the comparison of the depth of color of a solution with that of a standard liquid. ...

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n. quantitative chemical analysis by color using a colorimeter [syn: colorimetric analysis ]