saccharimeter

American  

[sak-uh-rim-i-ter] / ˌsæk əˈrɪm ɪ tər /

noun

1. an optical instrument for determining the strength of sugar solutions by measuring the rotation of the plane of polarized light they produce.

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saccharimeter British  

/ ˌsækəˈrɪmɪtə /

noun

1. any instrument for measuring the strength of sugar solutions, esp a type of polarimeter for determining the concentration from the extent to which the solution rotates the plane of polarized light

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Other Word Forms

• saccharimetry noun

Etymology

Origin of saccharimeter

First recorded in 1870–75; sacchar- + -i- + -meter

Example Sentences

Saccharimeter after Mitcherlich improved form.

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Any cider that will grade 18 or 24 with the saccharimeter in the fall of the year, when it is made, will make good vinegar.

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It is a saccharimeter," explained Kennedy, also looking at it, "an instrument used to detect the amount of sugar held in solution, a form of the polariscope.

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It was just a bit, but he dissolved it in some liquid from a bottle on the table, filled one of the clean glass tubes, capped the open end, and placed this tube in the saccharimeter where the first one I noticed had been.

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The saccharimeter had opened the first rift in the haze that surrounded the case.

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