Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An apparatus for ascertaining the amount of butter-fat in milk.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun An instrument for determining the amount of fatty matter or butter contained in a sample of milk.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Any of several devices used to estimate the proportion of butterfat in milk

Etymologies

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butyro- + -meter

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Examples

  • The cream from milk differs in composition from the cream obtained from whey, and the composition can be measured with a butyrometer or simply by eye.

    Chapter 7 1989

  • Put the top tightly on the butyrometer and agitate until the solution is well mixed.

    Chapter 6 1989

  • Add 11 ml of milk, taking care that it runs down the side of the butyrometer so as not to mix too quickly with the acid and burn the milk solids.

    Chapter 6 1989

  • Place the butyrometer in the centrifuge and leave it in motion for approximately five minutes.

    Chapter 6 1989

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  • An apparatus for ascertaining the amount of butter-fat in milk.

    July 30, 2010

  • I can't believe I don't have one!

    February 25, 2011