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hydrometers

hydrometers is the plural of hydrometer.

Meaning of hydrometer

Noun

hydrometer (plural hydrometers)

  1. An instrument that floats in a liquid and measures its specific gravity on a scale.
    • [E]ach degree of the hydrometer, when at or near proof, is about a quart in a hundred gallons stronger or weaker, as the hydrometer vibrates under or over the silver speck or sight on the index or upper stem; at the intermediate or strong overproofs, is about a pint in ditto; and at the low...1806, Peter Jonas, “Method of Ascertaining the Strength of Spiritous Liquors by Clarke’s Hydrometer”, in The Genuine Art of Gauging Made Easy and Familiar; Exhibiting All the Principal Methods...
    Synonyms:
    areometer

Phrases with hydrometers

Questions about hydrometers

What is hydrometers the plural of?
Hydrometers is the plural of hydrometer.

Words near hydrometers in the dictionary

  1. hydrometeorologist
  2. hydrometeorologists
  3. hydrometeorology
  4. hydrometeors
  5. hydrometer
  6. hydrometers
  7. hydromethanolic
  8. hydromethylation
  9. hydromethylations
  10. hydrometra
  11. hydrometre

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