aerometer

American  

[ai-rom-i-ter] / ɛəˈrɒm ɪ tər /

noun

1. an instrument for determining the weight, density, etc., of air or other gases.

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aerometer British  

/ ɛəˈrɒmɪtə, ˌɛərəˈmɛtrɪk /

noun

1. an instrument for determining the mass or density of a gas, esp air

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Other Word Forms

• aerometric adjective
• aerometry noun

Etymology

Origin of aerometer

First recorded in 1785–95; aero- + -meter

Example Sentences

Aerometer, ā-ėr-om′e-tėr, n. an instrument for measuring the weight or density of air and gases.

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Their supremacy is reflected by the thermometer, the barometer, and the aerometer; for they help regulate the temperature, the rainfall, and the wind's velocity.

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Why the wine foamed and sparkled was a mystery even to the very makers themselves; for as yet Baume’s aerometer was unknown, and the connection between sugar and carbonic acid undreamt of.

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He lived according to a minutely elaborated, half-philosophical, half- practical system, like clock-work; not this alone, but also by the thermometer, barometer, aerometer, hydrometer, Hippocrates, Hufeland, Plato, Kant, Knigge, and Lord Chesterfield.

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