Oximeter
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɒkˈsɪmɪtə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Oximeter is a noun meaning (chemistry) A device that measures the quantity of oxygen in something, particularly air in the atmosphere.
Meaning
(chemistry) A device that measures the quantity of oxygen in something, particularly air in the atmosphere.
Example Sentences
EUDIO′METER. [...] An instrument by which the quantity of oxygen and nitrogen in atmospheric air is ascertained: an oxymeter.
The Chorella experiment studied the growth of algae cultures in a nutrient medium, and an oxymeter was used to study the concentrations of oxygen in human tissue in weightlessness.
The instruments in which the oxigen gas of a determined quantity of air was ascertained, received the name of EUDIOMETERS, because they were considered as measurers of the purity of air. They are however more properly called OXIMETERS.
Is it not to be regretted that the term eudiometry and eudiometer should be applied exclusively to the art of determining the quantity of oxygen in the air and the instruments for that purpose? Would not the terms oximetry and oximeter be more appropriate?—Tr[anslator].
Word Forms
- oximeters
- oximetre
Synonyms for oximeter
Depending on context, synonyms include eudiometer.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pulse, oximetre, oxymeter, oximetry, ozonometer, hemoximeter.
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