Meanings
adverbcolorimetrically (not comparable)
- not comparableanalytical chemistryBy means of colorimetry or by using a colorimeter.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱélōs
- Proto-Italic*kelōs
- Old Latincolōs
- Latincolor
- Old Frenchcolor
- Anglo-Normancolur
- Middle Englishcolour
- Englishcolor
- Proto-Indo-European*med-
- Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
- Ancient Greekμέτρον (métron)
- Ancient Greekμετρῐκός (metrĭkós)
- Ancient Greekμέτρον (métron)
- Latinmetrum
- Latinmetricus
- Englishcolorimetric
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishcolorimetrically
From colorimetric + -ally.
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APA
colorimetrically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colorimetrically
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“colorimetrically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colorimetrically. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “colorimetrically,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colorimetrically.
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