Hydrometer

  • 111Urinometer — U ri*nom e*ter, n. [Urine + meter.] A small hydrometer for determining the specific gravity of urine. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 112Water poise — Wa ter poise A hydrometer. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 113Brix scale — noun Etymology: Adolf F. Brix died 1870 Austrian scientist Date: 1897 a hydrometer scale for sugar solutions so graduated that its readings at a specified temperature represent percentages by weight of sugar in the solution called also Brix …

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  • 114saccharometer — noun Date: 1784 saccharimeter; especially a hydrometer with a special scale …

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  • 115salinometer — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary saline + o + meter Date: 1844 an instrument (as a hydrometer) for measuring the amount of salt in a solution …

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  • 116salometer — noun Etymology: Latin sal salt + English o + meter Date: 1860 a hydrometer for indicating the percentage of salt in a solution …

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  • 117urinometer — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1843 a small hydrometer for determining the specific gravity of urine …

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  • 118Baumé — I. adjective Etymology: Antoine Baumé Date: 1877 being, calibrated in accordance with, or according to either of two arbitrary hydrometer scales for liquids lighter than water or for liquids heavier than water that indicate specific gravity in… …

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  • 119hydrometric — adjective see hydrometer …

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  • 120Density — This article is about mass density. For other uses, see Density (disambiguation). The mass density or density of a material is defined as its mass per unit volume. The symbol most often used for density is ρ (the Greek letter rho). In some cases… …

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