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oncosimeter|ɒŋkəʊˈsɪmɪtə(r)|
[f. Gr. ὄγκωσις swelling, increase of bulk (f. ὀγκόειν to distend, f. ὄγκος: see onco-) + µέτρον measure.]
An instrument for measuring the variations in density of a molten metal or other substance.
1880Times 7 May, Experiments with a new instrument called the ‘oncosimeter’ (a measurer of increase in bulk). 1881Nature XXIII. 403 By means of the oncosimeter..they had determined the density of fluid bismuth. |