an instrument for measuring the relative density of a liquid, usually consisting of a sealed graduated tube with a weighted bulb on one end, the relative density being indicated by the length of the unsubmerged stem
Examples of 'areometer' in a sentence
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In this work an areometer was adapted to rapidly measure soil water content without the need of drying the soil.
Calbo Adonai Gimenez 2002, 'A rapid method for measuring soil water content in the field with a areometer', Scientia Agricolahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162002000400029. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)