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carbonometer

carbonometer noun: an early device for measuring the concentration of carbon dioxide in a gas, by bubbling it through limewater and measuring the cloudiness.

Noun

carbonometer (plural carbonometers)

  1. (obsolete, physical) An early device for measuring the concentration of carbon dioxide in a gas, by bubbling it through limewater and measuring the cloudiness.

Forms of carbonometer

pluralcarbonometers

Origin of carbonometer

From carbon + -o- + -meter.

Questions about carbonometer

What does carbonometer mean?
Carbonometer means an early device for measuring the concentration of carbon dioxide in a gas, by bubbling it through limewater and measuring the cloudiness.
What part of speech is carbonometer?
Carbonometer is a noun.
What is the plural of carbonometer?
The plural of carbonometer is carbonometers.

Words near carbonometer in the dictionary

  1. carbonnade
  2. carbonnades
  3. Carbonneau
  4. Carbonneaus
  5. carbonohydrazide
  6. carbonometer
  7. carbonometers
  8. carbonosome
  9. carbonosomes
  10. carbonothioate
  11. carbonothioates

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