Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hydrometer scale used to measure the specific gravity of liquids.
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- noun The original
scale used on the Baumé type ofdensimeter to quantify thedensity ofliquids .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Antoine Baumé, (1728–1804), French chemist.]
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From the name of French pharmacist and chemist Antoine Baumé (1724-1804)
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