COLORIMETRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does colorimetry mean? 

• COLORIMETRY (noun)
  The noun COLORIMETRY has 1 sense:

1. quantitative chemical analysis by color using a colorimeter

  Familiarity information: COLORIMETRY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLORIMETRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Quantitative chemical analysis by color using a colorimeter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

colorimetric analysis; colorimetry

Hypernyms ("colorimetry" is a kind of...):

quantitative analysis; quantitative chemical analysis (chemical analysis to determine the amounts of each element in the substance)

Derivation:

colorimetric; colorimetrical (of or relating to colorimetry)

 Context examples 

A type of colorimetry that makes use of an enzymatic reaction to induce a color change.

(Enzymatic Colorimetry, NCI Thesaurus)