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tintometer

tintometer

9.9
An instrument that measures the amount of a substance in a sample by its color
  • noun
  • /tɪnˈtɑːmɪtər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : tintómetro
  • The laboratory technician used a tintometer to determine the concentration of the dye in the water sample.

Examples

  • To analyze the blood sample, the doctor employed a tintometer, which measured the intensity of the color change.

  • In the chemistry class, we learned how to operate a tintometer to assess the level of pollutants in liquids.

  • Once kids entered the auditorium, they received the full exam that a customer or patient would receive at any clinic or retail practice: testing depth perception and color deficiency; the tintometer or "puff test" to screen for glaucoma; several other tests, and then a full exam by a trained and certified optometrist.

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Synonyms

spectrometer
vstintometer
  • Specialized
13 7.2

A machine that measures light or separates charged particles to identify substances

is used for measuring reagent produced color intensity rather than broad spectrum analysis
spectrophotometer
vstintometer
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A machine that measures how much light of different colors a substance absorbs to help know what it is

is more about reagent produced color intensity, not detailed wavelength measures
fluorometer
vstintometer
  • Specialized
1 8.9

A machine that measures the light a substance gives off when it glows

is for measuring color from reagent reactions rather than fluorescence emission
photometer
vstintometer
  • Specialized
1 8.6

A tool that measures how bright light is

is used for reagent produced color intensity rather than simple brightness measures
refractometer
vstintometer
  • Specialized
1 8.8

A tool that measures how light bends in a liquid to find concentration, for example sugar in juice

uses color change with reagents to measure amount rather than refractive index
quantometer
vstintometer
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A scientific machine that measures what materials are in a sample and how much of each

focuses on color reactions with reagents rather than radiation or particle methods
colorimeter
vstintometer
  • Specialized
9.0

An instrument that measures how strong a color is to find chemical amounts

is the more general name for the same color based measurement
spectroradiometer
vstintometer
  • Specialized
9.9

A device that measures how much light there is at each color

is for color based reagent tests rather than broad radiation intensity measurement
luminometer
vstintometer
  • Specialized
8.4

A machine that measures light from chemical or biological reactions

is concerned with color intensity from reagents, not emitted reaction light
trace detector
vstintometer
  • Specialized
4.9

A device that finds very small amounts of chemicals in air, water or on surfaces

measures amount by reagent produced color, not by direct trace detection methods

How Sensitive

spectrophotometer
  • Specialized
1 9.9
tintometer
  • Specialized
9.9
colorimeter
  • Specialized
9.0

Surface Forms

tintometer singular
tintometers plural

Morphology

tintometer = tint (semi-transparent) = tint + ometer

The word clearly combines the idea of 'tint' with a measuring instrument, but the specific chemical-testing sense is specialized.

Etymology

The word tintometer comes from tint ('color') and the ending -meter ('measure'), the same ending you see in thermometer and speedometer. So a tintometer is a tool that 'measures color', which is why labs use it to tell how much of a substance is in a sample by the color it makes.