hydrometer
an instrument for determining the specific gravity of a liquid, commonly consisting of a graduated tube weighted to float upright in the liquid whose specific gravity is being measured.
Origin of hydrometer
1Other words from hydrometer
- hy·dro·met·ric [hahy-druh-me-trik], /ˌhaɪ drəˈmɛ trɪk/, hy·dro·met·ri·cal, adjective
- hy·drom·e·try, noun
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How to use hydrometer in a sentence
The greater the amount of solid matter dissolved in the sirup, the higher will be hydrometer float.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and SciencesFor determining the density of sirup, a sirup gauge, or hydrometer, will be found useful.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and SciencesRegardless of the kind of juice, the hydrometer should register 25 degrees for perfect jelly.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and SciencesIt should be wider than the hydrometer, and always filled to the brim.
A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments | Henry NegrettiThe temperature is taken, and the hydrometer is immersed in the fluid.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
British Dictionary definitions for hydrometer
/ (haɪˈdrɒmɪtə) /
an instrument for measuring the relative density of a liquid, usually consisting of a sealed graduated tube with a weighted bulb on one end, the relative density being indicated by the length of the unsubmerged stem
Derived forms of hydrometer
- hydrometric (ˌhaɪdrəʊˈmɛtrɪk) or hydrometrical, adjective
- hydrometrically, adverb
- hydrometry, noun
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Scientific definitions for hydrometer
[ hī-drŏm′ĭ-tər ]
An instrument used to measure the density of a liquid as compared to that of water. Hydrometers consist of a calibrated glass tube ending in a weighted glass sphere that makes the tube stand upright when placed in a liquid. The lower the density of the liquid, the deeper the tube sinks.
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