Baumé scale

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noun

a scale for use with a hydrometer, calibrated in such manner that the specific gravity of a given liquid may be easily computed.

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Origin of Baumé scale

Named after Antoine Baumé French chemist

Words nearby Baumé scale

baulk, baulk line, Baum, Baumé, Baumeister, Baumé scale, Baumgarten, baum marten, Bauru, bauson, bausond

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How to use Baumé scale in a sentence

The most recent activity had a high point of 3.6 on the Richter Scale.
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So did Alexander Hamilton, and on a grander scale than your AmEx.
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Only two senators opposed the resolution, which the administration later claimed was the authority for a full-scale war.
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The last time there was a raid of this scale was in 2001, when 52 men were arrested on Queen Boat, a floating disco on the Nile.
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Some of the streets in this part of the town have seen large scale-destruction.
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On a small scale map, in an office, you may make mole-hills of mountains; on the ground there's no escaping from its features.
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Free discussion—never a very free thing in Russia—has now on any general scale become quite impossible.
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But consider what it will be when the system is adopted on a more comprehensive scale.
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If only India were pulling her weight for us on the same scale, we should by now be before the gates of Vienna.
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Aber Jeder will grossartig spielen heutzutage (But everybody wants to play on a grand scale now-a-days).
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British Dictionary definitions for Baumé scale

Baumé scale

/ (bəʊˈmeɪ, ˈbəʊmeɪ) /

noun

a scale for calibrating hydrometers used for measuring the specific gravity of liquids. 1 degree Baumé is equal to 144.3((s –1)/ s), where s is specific gravity

Word Origin for Baumé scale

C19: named after Antoine Baumé (1728–1804), French chemist

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