(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
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n. [ Tint + -meter. ] (Physics) An apparatus for the determination of colors by comparison with arbitrary standards; a colorimeter. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]