lactometer

American  

[lak-tom-i-ter] / lækˈtɒm ɪ tər /

noun

1. an instrument for determining the specific gravity of milk.

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lactometer British  

/ lækˈtɒmɪtə /

noun

1. Also called: galactometer.  a hydrometer used to measure the relative density of milk and thus determine its quality

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Etymology

Origin of lactometer

First recorded in 1810–20; lacto- + -meter

Example Sentences

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lactometer

The lactometer is a little instrument used to estimate the specific gravity of milk.

From The Mother and Her Child by William S. Sadler

This may be effected by means of an instrument termed a lactometer, which is simply a glass tube about five inches long, and graduated into a hundred parts.

From The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Sir Charles Alexander Cameron

Feeling sure that the lactometer must be at fault, I consulted my friend the doctor, who examined and found it quite correct.

From Life and sport in China Second Edition by Oliver George Ready

Again the master turned the matter over in his just mind, and it occurred to him that the lactometer was of English manufacture and might be puzzled by the milk of the buffalo. 

From Behind the Bungalow by Edward Hamilton Aitken

The milk to be tested is well mixed, and placed in a deep vessel, and the lactometer placed in it, holding it at first at an angle.

From The Bacillus of Long Life a manual of the preparation and souring of milk for dietary purposes, together with and historical account of the use of fermente by Loudon Douglas