n, pl  -tries  :  the measurement of the intensity of reflected light by means of a nephelometer esp. as applied to studies of turbidity (as in the determination of particle size or of the amount of suspended matter in chemical analysis) .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  neph·e·lom·e·ter 
 
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