| 单词 | waterpoise |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswaterpoise waterpoise n. now historical †(a) a kind of water balance (water balance n. 1) (obsolete rare); (b) an instrument used to determine the specific gravity of a liquid; = hydrometer n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [noun] > specific gravity > device to measure specific gravity > of liquids waterpoise1660 hydrometer1675 citrometer1823 litrameter1826 Twaddell1853 pycnometer1858 specific gravity beads (also bulbs)1863 1660 ‘R. D'Acres’ Art Water-drawing ii. iii. 24 The receiving and comming in of the water at the forcers, took off the weight of the water in the mayn pipe and weight, &c. by which better appeared the vanity of the water poyse. 1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 496 The Sea..was..much more Salt, the further we went; as I tryed by a Water-poise of Glass, with Quicksilver at the one end. 1807 S. Parkes Chymical Catech. (new ed.) 262 So many carats as the bottle filled with an alkaline lye, or any other liquor, weighs more than this waterpoise, so many carats strong is the liquor said to be. 2003 S. Inwood Man Who Knew Too Much (new ed.) xvii. 263 At the Society meeting that day Hooke showed experiments with a single-lens microscope and a waterpoise. < as lemmas |
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