Etymology: < Greek χυ- stem of χεῖν to pour + -metercomb. form2.
An instrument for measuring liquids, consisting of a tube with a piston moving in it, the piston-rod being graduated so as to indicate the quantity forced out.
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1880 in Webster's Dict. Suppl.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018).