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oilometer|ɔɪˈlɒmɪtə(r)| Also erron. oiliometer. [irreg. f. oil n.1 + -ometer: cf. gasometer.] a. = oleometer, elæometer. b. A reservoir for the storage of oil; cf. gasometer.
1876Catal. Sci. App. S. Kens. 97 Oiliometer. An instrument for ascertaining the density of oils. 1897Westm. Gaz. 12 Jan. 7/2 The Russian Oil Company, whose works..include scores of ‘oilometers’, besides quantities of oil in every stage of preparation. |