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Definition of Nephelometer
1. n. An instrument for measuring or registering the amount of cloudiness.
Definition of Nephelometer
1. Noun. (analytical chemistry) An instrument for measuring various aspects of the suspended particles in a fluid; especially in a colloid. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nephelometer
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Medical Definition of Nephelometer
1. An instrument used in nephelometry. Origin: G. Nephele, cloud, + metron, measure (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nephelometer
Literary usage of Nephelometer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical physiological chemistry by Philip Bovier Hawk (1918)
"The relations of the nephelometer and the light source may be seen in the diagram,
Fig. 90. The lamp used is an (ordinary 50- watt tungsten ("Mazda") ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1915)
"A NEW FORM OF nephelometer. BY JTW MARSHALL AND HW BANKS ... The nephelometer (Gr.
vf<£<!\7?, a cloud), an instrument for the quantitative determination of ..."
3. Representative Procedures in Quantitative Chemical Analysis by Frank Austin Gooch (1916)
"The nephelometer. — Minute amounts of material in opalescent suspension can be
determined by measuring the brightness of light reflected on the suspended ..."
4. Essentials of Laboratory Diagnosis: Designed for Students and Practitioners by Francis Ashley Faught (1909)
"THE nephelometer.5 With the Leishman or Wright method of estimating the phagocytic
or the opsonic indices of the blood, it is essential to •use bacterial ..."
5. Laboratory Manual of Biological Chemistry: With Supplement by Otto Knute Folin (1916)
"Allow the suspensions so produced to stand for five minutes, and then compare by
means of the Duboscq colorimeter previously converted into a nephelometer. ..."
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