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colorimetric

colorimetric

1 8.6
For measuring color with instruments
  • adjective
  • /ˌkɒlərɪˈmɛtrɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : colorimétrico
  • The researchers used a colorimetric method to determine the concentration of the solution.
  • colorimetric method

Examples

  • Urinary creatinine was also measured for all participants in the same laboratory by a colorimetric method based on the Jaffe reaction (Heinegard and Tiderstrom 1973).

    Academic text (2015)
  • I'm trying to model it with my math (if it works, that could give a very good and new colorimetric space...) but I cannot find the reason (thus I cannot invent the equations...)

    Blog text (9)
  • Does he know how colorimetric tests work?

    Blog text (18)
  • The colorimetric characteristics of the patches are then used to create a table.

    Academic text (1992)
  • General purpose photometer mode serves other colorimetric analytical applications.

    Academic text (1996)
  • In the last column, the differences between the two most popularly used rendering intents were described: relative colorimetric and perceptual.

    Academic text (2009)
  • The GPx activity was measured by a colorimetric assay kit (Randox Laboratories, UK).

    Blog text (23)
  • SOD activity was analyzed by a colorimetric assay kit (Cayman, MI, USA) and performed according to the manufacturer's instructions.

    Blog text (23)
  • PHOTO (COLOR): To determine nutrients in shallow groundwater, chemist James Hill places water in an autosampler of the flow-through colorimetric autoanalyzer.

    Academic text (1999)
  • MBAS and DBAS surfactants in SML, ULW, FMAP, and CMAP were analyzed using the same manual colorimetric method.

    Academic text (2018)

Synonyms

colorimetrical
vscolorimetric
  • Specialized
9.9

About measuring and studying colors for screens and paints

focuses on exact numeric measurement using instruments rather than observation

Compounds

colorimetric analysis
  • Specialized
7.2

A method for measuring how much of a chemical is in a liquid by its color

How Quantitative

spectrophotometric
  • Specialized
9.5
quantitative
62 5.9
colorimetric
  • Specialized
1 8.6
descriptive
28 4.0
qualitative
18 6.3

Surface Forms

colorimetric positive
colourimetric positive

Morphology

colorimetric = colorimetry (semi-transparent) = color + imetry + ic

Formed by adding the adjective-forming suffix '-ic' to the technical noun 'colorimetry'; 'color' is transparent but the combining form '-imetry' is technical and may be unfamiliar to general learners.

Etymology

Colorimetric combines color and -metric, where -metric means 'measure' and appears in familiar words like metric and meter. So a colorimetric test 'measures' color, which is why the word means 'measuring color'.