densimeter

[den-sim-i-ter]

noun

Chemistry, Physics.

1. any instrument for measuring density.

densimeter

/ dɛnˈsɪmɪtə, ˌdɛnsɪˈmɛtrɪk /

noun

1. physics any instrument for measuring density

Other Word Forms

• densimetry noun
• densimetric adjective
• densimetrically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of densimeter¹

1860–65; < Latin dēns ( us ) dense + -i- + -meter

Example Sentences

Density.—The density is generally obtained in some form of mercury densimeter, the powder being weighed in air and then under mercury.

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The examination of black blasting powder has been greatly facilitated and, at the same time, made considerably more accurate, by means of a densimeter devised at this laboratory.

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They contain all the necessary equipment for—well, as the signs suggest, for making malt bread and coffee cake—bottle-capping apparatus and rubber tubing and densimeters, and all such things used in breadmaking.

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