refractometer
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A device called a refractometer, sold on Amazon for $20 to $30, can measure Brix levels from a drop of juice.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2018
He watched as Ms. Newton cut some honeycombs and spooned a dollop onto the small glass surface of a refractometer, a device used to gauge the moisture content in the honey.
From New York Times ● Sep. 10, 2017
Mr. Reyes agreed when she handed the refractometer to him.
From New York Times ● Sep. 10, 2017
Foxx says that the constant shuttling around during harvest was a source of irritated amusement to her pickers until she started teaching them to use the refractometer themselves.
From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2013
The refractive index, which is thus a very important character in the scientific discrimination of gem-stones, may be conveniently determined, within certain limits, by means of the refractometer devised by Dr G.F.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
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