eudiometer
eudiometer is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.An instrument for the volumetric measurement of gases; -- so named because frequently used to determine the purity of the air. Note: It usually consists of a finely graduated and calibrated glass tube, open at one end, the bottom; and having near the top a pair of platinum wires fused in, to allow the passage of an electric spark, as the process involves the explosion and combustion of one of the ingredients to be determined. The operation is conducted in a through of mercury, or sometimes over water. Cf. Burette. Use's ediometer has the tube bent in the form of the letter. U.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- aerial
- aeriform
- aerography
- aerology
- aerometer
- aerometry
- aeronaut
- aeronautics
- aeroscope
- aeroscopy
- aerosphere
- aerostation
- agree
- air
- airy
- and
- aneroid
- assimilate
- atmosphere
- atmospheric
- barometer
- baroscope
- belle
- benign
- blue
- bracing
- climate
- climatology
- cloud
- cock
- common
- effervescent
- etoile
- exposure
- fall
- fan
- fine
- flatulent
- for
- fresco
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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