Associations to the word «Colorimetry»

Wiktionary

COLORIMETRY, noun. The science of measuring colours and assigning them numeric values.
COLORIMETRY, noun. (analytical chemistry) Analysis involving the quantitative measurement of colour.

Dictionary definition

COLORIMETRY, noun. Quantitative chemical analysis by color using a colorimeter.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats