Colorimeter

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Colorimeter \Col`or*im"e*ter\, n. [Color + -meter: cf. F.
     colorim[`e]tre.]
     An instrument for measuring the depth of the color of
     anything, especially of a liquid, by comparison with a
     standard liquid.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  colorimeter
       n : a measuring instrument used in colorimetric analysis to
           determine the quantity of a substance from the color it
           yields with specific reagents [syn: {tintometer}]