Hydrometer

Quick meaning: Hydrometer is a noun meaning An instrument that floats in a liquid and measures its specific gravity on a scale.

Meaning

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

Example Sentences

On the wall were hanging thermometers, barometers, and hydrometers, and every other sort of ometer, numberless, dusty, and mysterious; […]

[E]ach degree of the hydrometer, when at or near proof, is about a quart in a hundred gallons stronger or weaker, as the hydrometer vibrates under or over the silver speck or sight on the index or upper stem; at the intermediate or strong overproofs, is about a pint in ditto; and at the low underproofs is about three pints in ditto.

Word Forms

• hydrometers
• hydrometre

Synonyms for hydrometer

Depending on context, synonyms include areometer, gravimeter.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gravimeter, hydrometre, thermohydrometer, hypsometer, hygroscope, hygrometer.

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