Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument for ascertaining the degree of fermentation of a fermenting liquor. Also
zymosimeter .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An instrument for ascertaining the degree of fermentation occasioned by the mixture of different liquids, and the degree of heat which they acquire in fermentation.
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- noun An instrument for ascertaining the degree of
fermentation occasioned by the mixture of different liquids, and the degree of heat which they acquire in fermentation; azymosimeter .
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek ζυμόω ("to leaven") and English -meter.
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oroboros commented on the word zymometer
Measures the degree of fermentation in a solution.
December 6, 2009