densimeter

American

[den-sim-i-ter] / dɛnˈsɪm ɪ tər /

noun

Chemistry, Physics.

any instrument for measuring density.

densimeter British

/ dɛnˈsɪmɪtə, ˌdɛnsɪˈmɛtrɪk /

noun

physics any instrument for measuring density

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Other Word Forms

densimetric adjective
densimetrically adverb
densimetry noun

Etymology

Origin of densimeter

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

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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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