aerometer

[ ai-rom-i-ter ]

noun

1. an instrument for determining the weight, density, etc., of air or other gases.

aerometer

/ ɛəˈrɒmɪtə; ˌɛərəˈmɛtrɪk /

noun

1. an instrument for determining the mass or density of a gas, esp air

Derived Forms

• aerometric, adjective

Other Words From

• aer·o·met·ric [air-, uh, -, me, -trik], adjective
• aer·om·e·try [ai-, rom, -i-tree], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of aerometer¹

First recorded in 1785–95; aero- + -meter

Example Sentences

Aerometer, ā-ėr-om′e-tėr, n. an instrument for measuring the weight or density of air and gases.

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Their supremacy is reflected by the thermometer, the barometer, and the aerometer; for they help regulate the temperature, the rainfall, and the wind's velocity.

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Why the wine foamed and sparkled was a mystery even to the very makers themselves; for as yet Baume’s aerometer was unknown, and the connection between sugar and carbonic acid undreamt of.

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He lived according to a minutely elaborated, half-philosophical, half- practical system, like clock-work; not this alone, but also by the thermometer, barometer, aerometer, hydrometer, Hippocrates, Hufeland, Plato, Kant, Knigge, and Lord Chesterfield.

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