saccharometer

American  

[sak-uh-rom-i-ter] / ˌsæk əˈrɒm ɪ tər /

noun

Chemistry.

1. an instrument for measuring the amount of sugar in a solution, as by determining the specific gravity of the solution.

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saccharometer British  

/ ˌsækəˈrɒmɪtə /

noun

1. a hydrometer used to measure the strengths of sugar solutions. It is usually calibrated directly to give a reading of concentration

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Other Word Forms

• saccharometric
  adjective
• saccharometrical
  adjective
• saccharometry
  noun

Etymology

Origin of saccharometer

First recorded in 1775–85; saccharo- + -meter

Example Sentences

Continue the boiling, and raising the skimmer, blow through it, if small air bubbles appear on opposite side, the blow is reached, and the thermometer will show 230�, saccharometer, 40�.

From Frye's Practical Candy Maker Comprising Practical Receipts for the Manufacture of Fine "Hand-Made" Candies by Frye, George V.

This requires not only constant attention, but some skill as well, for there is no thermometer nor saccharometer in our mountain still-house.

From Our Southern Highlanders by Kephart, Horace

This stage of ripeness is determined by means of a must-scale or saccharometer.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by Hedrick, U. P.

This is a hard time for almost any man, who feels his random mind dipped into with a spirit-gauge and a saccharometer.

From Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)

The specific gravity of the worts depends chiefly on the amount of sugar which they contain, and is ascertained by the saccharometer.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various