Word Meanings - TINTOMETER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An apparatus for the determination of colors by comparison with arbitrary standards; a colorimeter.

Related words: (words related to TINTOMETER)

• COMPARISON
  The modification, by inflection or otherwise, which the adjective and adverb undergo to denote degrees of quality or quantity; as, little, less, least, are examples of comparison. (more info) 1. The act of comparing; an examination of two or more
• COLORIMETER
  An instrument for measuring the depth of the color of anything, especially of a liquid, by comparison with a standard liquid.
• DETERMINATION
  A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part; as, a determination of blood to the head. (more info) 1. The act of determining, or the state of being determined. 2. Bringing to an end; termination; limit. A speedy determination of that
• APPARATUS
  A collection of organs all of which unite in a common function; as, the respiratory apparatus. (more info) 1. Things provided as means to some end. 2. Hence: A full collection or set of implements, or utensils, for a given duty, experimental or
• ARBITRARY
  1. Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment. It was wholly arbitrary in them to do so. Jer. Taylor. Rank pretends to fix the value of every one, and is the most arbitrary
• SELF-DETERMINATION
  Determination by one's self; or, determination of one's acts or states without the necessitating force of motives; -- applied to the voluntary or activity.
• PREDETERMINATION
  The act of previous determination; a purpose formed beforehand; as, the predetermination of God's will. Hammond.
• INTERCOMPARISON
  Mutual comparison of corresponding parts.
• UNDETERMINATION
  Indetermination. Sir M. Hale.
• PARALLEL STANDARDS
  Two or more metals coined without any attempt by the government to regulate their values.
• BUFFING APPARATUS
  See 1
• INDETERMINATION
  1. Want of determination; an unsettled or wavering state, as of the mind. Jer. Taylor. 2. Want of fixed or stated direction. Abp. Bramhall.