Brix scale

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noun Chemistry.

a graduated scale, used on a hydrometer, that indicates the weight of sugar per volumeof solution at a given temperature.

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Origin of Brix scale

1895–1900; named after A. F. W. Brix, 19th-century German inventor

Words nearby Brix scale

brittleness, brittle star, Britton, Brittonic, britzka, Brix scale, BRM, BRN, Brno, Brno chair, bro

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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 Brix scale

Brix scale

/ (brɪks) /

noun

a scale for calibrating hydrometers used for measuring the concentration and density of sugar solutions at a given temperature

Word Origin for Brix scale

C19: named after A. F. W. Brix, 19th-century German inventor

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