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diaˈgometer Electr.
[ad. F. diagomètre, f. Gr. διάγειν to carry across, conduct + µέτρον measure.]
An instrument designed to measure the electro-conductive power of various substances.
1863–72Watts Dict. Chem. II. 314 Diagometer, an electrical apparatus, intended for the detection of adulterations in olive oil, this oil being said to have less electric conducting power than other fixed oils. 1886Wormell tr. Von Urbanitzky's Electr. in Serv. Man (1890) 109 In the construction of his diagometer, an instrument which makes use of the different conducting powers of substances for the determination of their chemical combination. |