请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 aerometric
释义

aerometric

/ˌɛːrə(ʊ)ˈmɛtrɪk/
adjective
1Of or relating to a method for measuring the density or relative density of a liquid, especially milk and beer, by means of a set of small hollow spheres or ‘beads’.
  • Each bead is marked with the relative density of a liquid in which it will neither rise nor sink. A set of them corresponding to different densities of liquid is put into the liquid to be tested; the bead that remains suspended, neither rising nor sinking, corresponds to the density of the liquid..
2Of or relating to the measurement of the mechanical properties of air and other gases; (in later use chiefly) of or relating to the measurement of air pollutants.

Origin

Early 19th century; earliest use found in The Farmer's Magazine. From aero- + -metric, after aerometer, aerometry.

随便看

 

英语词典包含243303条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/11 15:34:27