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Baumé scale

Baumé scale proper noun: the original scale used on the Baumé type of densimeter to quantify the density of liquids.

Proper noun

Baumé scale

  1. The original scale used on the Baumé type of densimeter to quantify the density of liquids.

Origin of Baumé scale

From the name of French pharmacist and chemist Antoine Baumé (1724-1804).

Questions about Baumé scale

What does Baumé scale mean?
Baumé scale means the original scale used on the Baumé type of densimeter to quantify the density of liquids.
What part of speech is Baumé scale?
Baumé scale is a proper noun.

Words near Baumé scale in the dictionary

  1. Baumlers
  2. Baumol effect
  3. Baums
  4. baumstarkite
  5. Baumé
  6. Baumé scale
  7. Baumés
  8. Baun
  9. Baungon
  10. bauno
  11. baunos

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