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A measuring instrument for determining the specific gravity of a liquid or solid
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hydrometer
Word definitions for hydrometer in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1670s, from hydro- + meter (n.3).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hydrometer \Hy*drom"e*ter\, n. [Hydro-, 1 + -meter: cf. F. hydrom[`e]tre.] (Physics) An instrument for determining the specific gravities of liquids, and thence the strength spirituous liquors, saline solutions, etc. Note: It is usually made of glass with ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A hydrometer is an instrument that measures the specific gravity ( relative density ) of liquids —the ratio of the density of the liquid to the density of water. A hydrometer is usually made of glass , and consists of a cylindrical stem and a bulb weighted ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a measuring instrument for determining the specific gravity of a liquid or solid [syn: gravimeter ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. An instrument that floats in a liquid and measures its specific gravity on a scale. n. An instrument that floats in a liquid and measures its specific gravity on a scale.
Usage examples of hydrometer.
It was always beneficial, he felt, for an expedenced engineer to immerse himself in the plebeian from time to time, to work with a fluid-state hydrometer in- stead of giving orders.
By adding more urine to the vial, I finally got the hydrometer to bob up and down.
The temperature is taken, and the hydrometer is immersed in the fluid.
The mark on the hydrometer stem, level with the surface of the liquid, is read off.
Harry saw Bunsen burners, hydrometer jars, spiral tubes of glass, all leading to a metal cylinder that projected from a heavy wall bracket.
Sprinkling a greenish powder into a tall hydrometer jar, The Shadow filled it with water and poured the zircons into it.
Its closing was drowned by the fierce hisses that came from the hydrometer jars.
On top of the cabinet was a rack of test tubes, several beakers and a hydrometer jar.
Thrusting a stack of papers along the top of the cabinet, Harry deliberately knocked over the hydrometer jar, which he could barely see in the semidarkness.
They measure the percentage now with hydrometers, not gunpowder and fire.
Computerized temperature controllers and hydrometers, automated bottling systems, the works.
Time after time he tested it with hydrometers and narrow strips of litmus paper.
They measure the percentage now with hydrometers, not gunpowder and fire.