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hydrometre

hydrometre is the alternative form 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

Forms of hydrometre

pluralhydrometres

Questions about hydrometre

What is hydrometre the alternative form of?
Hydrometre is the alternative form of hydrometer.

Words near hydrometre in the dictionary

  1. hydrometers
  2. hydromethanolic
  3. hydromethylation
  4. hydromethylations
  5. hydrometra
  6. hydrometre
  7. hydrometres
  8. hydrometric
  9. hydrometrical
  10. hydrometrically
  11. hydrometrid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hydrometre (page history and authors); hydrometer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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