Alcoometer

Quick meaning: Alcoometer is a noun meaning A hydrometer or aerometer calibrated to measure the percentage of alcohol in a mixture of alcohol and water.

Meaning

A hydrometer or aerometer calibrated to measure the percentage of alcohol in a mixture of alcohol and water.

Example Sentences

The quantity is so minute that the alcoometer is not in the least affected by it, and it requires the chromic acid test even to reveal its presence.

On the principle of the alcoometer, a great variety of areometers are constructed, for determining the strength of wines, syrups, and other liquids employed in the arts.

Testimony as to the results of a test made on an alcoometer falls within the classification of expert testimony, and in order to be competent, the person so testifying must be skilled in the mechanics and use of the machine.

In a further series of experiments he applies to the distilled urines which have been vainly tested by the alcoometer the chromic acid test, and obtains decided indications of the presence of alcohol, either immediately or after a longer or shorter time.

Word Forms

• alcoometers

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include alcoholometer, alcoholimeter, alcoholmeter, alcometer, oenometer, acidometer.

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