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nephelometer
[ nef-uh-lom-i-ter ]
noun
- Bacteriology. an apparatus containing a series of barium chloride standards used to determine the number of bacteria in a suspension.
- Physical Chemistry. an instrument for studying the density of suspended particles in a liquid by measuring the degree to which the suspension scatters light.
nephelometer
/ ˌnɛfɪˈlɒmɪtə; ˌnɛfɪləʊˈmɛtrɪk /
noun
- chem an instrument for measuring the size or density of particles suspended in a fluid
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Derived Forms
- nephelometric, adjective
- ˌnepheˈlometry, noun
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Other Words From
- neph·e·lo·met·ric [nef-, uh, -l, uh, -, me, -trik], nephe·lo·metri·cal adjective
- nephe·lo·metri·cal·ly adverb
- nephe·lome·try noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of nephelometer1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of nephelometer1
C19 (in the sense: an instrument for measuring the cloudiness of the sky): from Greek nephelē cloud + -o- + -meter
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Example Sentences
That will be provided by an autofluorescing nephelometer, a device that will flash an ultraviolet laser on droplets in Venus’s atmosphere to determine the composition of molecules inside them.
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