lactometer
lactometer noun: a device that estimates the cream content of milk by measuring its specific gravity.
Noun
lactometer (plural lactometers)
- A device that estimates the cream content of milk by measuring its specific gravity.
- The lactometer is employed in detecting the adulteration of milk with water; […]1948, Joseph Price Remington, Practice of Pharmacy, page 63
lactometer meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Malay
lactometer in Tamil
- பால்மானி, பால் அடர்த்தியளவி, பாலடர்த்திமானி, பால் அடர்த்தி அளவி
lactometer in Malayalam
- ക്ഷീരമാപിനി
lactometer in Kannada
- ಕ್ಷೀರಮಾಪಕ, ಹಾಲುಮಾಪಕ, ದುಗ್ಧಮಾಪಕ
lactometer in Malay
- device to weight cream
- jangka laktosa, meter laktosa, laktometer
Forms of lactometer
| plural | lactometers |
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Origin of lactometer
From lact- + -o- + -meter.
Questions about lactometer
- What does lactometer mean?
- Lactometer means a device that estimates the cream content of milk by measuring its specific gravity.
- What is lactometer in Tamil?
- Lactometer in Tamil is பால்மானி, பால் அடர்த்தியளவி, பாலடர்த்திமானி. See Lactometer meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is lactometer?
- Lactometer is a noun.
- What is the plural of lactometer?
- The plural of lactometer is lactometers.
Words near lactometer in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lactometer (page history and authors); lactometer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lactometer (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lactometer (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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