COLORIMETRIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does colorimetric mean? 

• COLORIMETRIC (adjective)
  The adjective COLORIMETRIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to colorimetry

  Familiarity information: COLORIMETRIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLORIMETRIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to colorimetry

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

colorimetric; colorimetrical

Pertainym:

colorimetry (quantitative chemical analysis by color using a colorimeter)

Derivation:

colorimeter (a measuring instrument used in colorimetric analysis to determine the quantity of a substance from the color it yields with specific reagents)

colorimetry (quantitative chemical analysis by color using a colorimeter)

 Context examples 

Substrate binding to enzyme leads to inactivation and unlabeled-ligand in the sample can be quantified by colorimetric analysis.

(Enzyme Multiplied Immunoassay Technique, NCI Thesaurus)

Direct Bilirubin measurement is accomplished by a colorimetric method.

(Direct Bilirubin Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A colorimetric assay that can assess the viability of cells by quantitation of the reduction of a yellow tetrazolium salt substrate to a product that has a purple color.

(Colorimetric Cell Viability Assay, NCI Thesaurus)

Against this backdrop, the ECsens research group at the University of Granada (UGR) is working on the development of cotton thread-based colorimetric microfluidic devices.

(Scientists design devices to calculate the concentration of potassium in water, of creatinine in urine, or glucose in blood using smartphone technology, University of Granada)