As nouns the difference between photometer and colorimeter
is that photometer is any of several instruments used to measure various aspects of the intensity of light while colorimeter is any of various instruments designed to determine the color of something, by comparison with standard colors or by spectroscopy.
As a verb photometer
is to measure some aspect of light (from a star) using a photometer.
photometer
Noun
(
en noun)
(physics) Any of several instruments used to measure various aspects of the intensity of light.
Derived terms
* colorimetric photometer
* distribution photometer
* electronic photometer
* flame photometer
* flicker photometer
* grease spot photometer
* integrating-sphere photometer
* Joly photometer
* Kepler photometer
* light-distribution photometer
* photoelectric photometer
* photoemissive tube photometer
* shadow photometer
* spectrophotometer
* sphere photometer
* telephotometer
* wax-block photometer
* wedge photometer
* visual photometer
Related terms
* photometric
* photometry
Verb
(
en verb)
(astronomy) To measure some aspect of light (from a star) using a photometer.
Anagrams
*
colorimeter
Alternative forms
* colourimeter
Noun
(
en noun)
Any of various instruments designed to determine the color of something, by comparison with standard colors or by spectroscopy.
(analytical chemistry) An analytic instrument that estimates the concentration of a substance in a sample by measuring its color against the solution's complimentary color.
Related terms
* colorimetric
* colorimetrically
* colorimetry
