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Definition of Hydrometer

1. Noun. A measuring instrument for determining the specific gravity of a liquid or solid.

Definition of Hydrometer

1. n. An instrument for determining the specific gravities of liquids, and thence the strength spirituous liquors, saline solutions, etc.

Definition of Hydrometer

1. Noun. An instrument that floats in a liquid and measures its specific gravity on a scale. ¹

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Definition of Hydrometer

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Hydrometer

1. 1. An instrument for determining the specific gravities of liquids, and thence the strength spirituous liquors, saline solutions, etc. It is usually made of glass with a graduated stem, and indicates the specific gravity of a liquid by the depth to which it sinks in it, the zero of the scale marking the depth to which it sinks in pure water. Extra weights are sometimes used to adapt the scale to liquids of different densities. 2. An instrument, variously constructed, used for measuring the velocity or discharge of water, as in rivers, from reservoirs, etc, and called by various specific names according to its construction or use, as tachometer, rheometer, hydrometer, pendulum, etc.; a current gauge. Origin: Hydro-, 1: cf. F. Hydrometre. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Hydrometer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"—vi weigh ; be heavy ; have weight ; bear down; lay stress; be a burden. pèse-sel, m. hydrometer for salt solutions, sal- imeter, salinometer. pèse-sirop, ..."

2. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1865)
"determined on the stem of the hydrometer, and the graduation could still be ... The hydrometer scale, when once obtained on paper, can be transferred to the ..."

3. The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [1807-1868/69] by Great Britain, George Kettilby Rickards (1818)
"And Whereas the Strengths of Spirits denoted by the faid Hydrometer called ... Certain Rites of Strength by Sikes's Hydrometer (hall be ..."

4. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"If th« electrolyte ia heavy with acid the hydrometer will not link as ... 449 and 4SI for «a« of the hydrometer. •For a companion of th« Baume and ••Sw pac« ..."

5. The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer by Richard Burn (1820)
"... stituted for the strength of one to tour over hydrometer proof 'er »ball be ... seven per centum above proof by Sikes's hydrometer shall be substituted ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The following is Nicholson's statement on this point:— The hydrometer intended for densities less than that of water, or the hydrometer for spirits, ..."

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