单词 | araeometer |
释义 | araeometerareometern. An instrument, consisting of a graduated glass tube terminating in a loaded bulb, for measuring the specific gravity of fluids; a hydrometer. ΚΠ 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Areometer. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Aræometer, or Water-poise, is usually made of glass. 1730 J. T. Desaguliers in Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 277 The Hydrometer, by some called Areometer. 1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 5) Aræometer. 1876 A. Ure Dict. Arts I. 207 The areometer of Baumé is used in France. Derivatives araeometric adj. /əˌriːəʊˈmɛtrɪk/ [see -ic suffix] of or pertaining to aræometry. ΚΠ 1871 B. Stewart Heat (ed. 2) §54 The areometric method, or that of weighing a solid in the liquid. araeoˈmetrical adj. = araeometric adj. ΚΠ 1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Areometrical. araeometry n. /ɛəriːˈɒmɪtrɪ/ [-metry comb. form] the art or science of estimating the specific gravity of fluids by means of an aræometer. ΚΠ 1778 Philos. Trans. 1777 (Royal Soc.) 68 419 An Essay on Pyrometry and Areometry. 1819 A. Rees Cycl. II. at Aremometer Invented by Wolfius in 1708, and first published in his ‘Areometry.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1706 |
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