eudiometer
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of eudiometer
1770–80; < Greek eúdio ( s ) clear, mild (literally, well skied, equivalent to eu- eu- + di-, stem of Zeus god of the sky + -os adj. suffix) + -meter
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Alessandro Volta designed a eudiometer for exploding bad-smelling gases with electricity.
From Time Magazine Archive
The gas collected in the tube of Fontana's eudiometer had been shaken for a long time with water.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Alexander von Humboldt
The eudiometer, a most curious instrument for fixing the purity of air, by measuring the proportion of oxygen, was discovered by Dr. Priestley.
From Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. by Various
The consideration of the high qualities of art must not be interrupted by the work of the hammer and the eudiometer.
From Modern Painters Volume I (of V) by John Ruskin
A eudiometer tube is filled with mercury and inverted in a vessel of the same liquid.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
