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n. - A measuring instrument used in colorimetric analysis to determine the quantity of a substance from the color it yields with specific reagents.

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  • "What's the matter?" he asked, catching my eye as he paused with the tintometer in his hand.
  • "Any month you please," he smiled grimly, as he reluctantly placed the tintometer in its cabinet.
  • "For example," he resumed, "the Lovibond tintometer tells me its story of the colour of the ink used in the ribbon of the machine that wrote this note as well as several...
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