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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An instrument, such as a hydrometer, used to determine the amount of alcohol in a liquid.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument for determining, by means of a graduated scale, the percentage, either by weight or by volume, of pure alcohol in a liquid. Sometimes contracted to alcohometer and alcoömeter.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) An instrument for determining the strength of spirits, with a scale graduated so as to indicate the percentage of pure alcohol, either by weight or volume. It is usually a form of hydrometer with a special scale.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A specialized form of
hydrometer used to measure the amount ofalcohol in a liquid (such asbeer ).
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This form of adulteration may be very easily detected by the use of strong methylic alcohol, in which the alcoholometer of Tralles or of Gay
Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882 Various
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Instrument for measuring proportion of alcohol in solutions. (from Phrontistery)
May 23, 2008