ˌkələˈriməd.ə(r) noun
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Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary color + -i- + -meter
1. : an instrument or device for determining and specifying colors by reference either to other colors or to complex stimuli not in general identical with the actual color stimulus and giving results not independent of abnormalities in the observer's color vision — distinguished from spectrophotometer and spectroradiometer
2. : an instrument for chemical analysis of liquids by comparison of the color of the given liquid with standard colors — compare comparator