Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to measurement by weight.
- adjective Of or relating to measurement of variations in a gravitational field.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to measurement by weight: specifically applied in chemistry to a method of analyzing compound bodies by decomposing them and finding the weight of their elements: opposed to volumetric.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Of or pertaining to measurement by weight; measured by weight.
- adjective (Chem.) analysis in which the amounts of the constituents are determined by weight; -- in distinction from volumetric analysis.
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- adjective chemistry Of or pertaining to
measurement byweight . - adjective geology Of or pertaining to measurement of the local
gravitational field .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to hydrometry
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It seems ironic that mass spectrometry, the center of my scientific life for the last 20 years, is really just an exercise in gravimetric analysis!
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The European researchers proposed counting solid diesel particles using particle instruments in addition to weighing them after collecting them in a filter, known as the gravimetric method.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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“And the gravimetric interference patterns between them create a wormhole link from point to point, allowing energy to come off the string . . .”
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
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What if we link the antimatter containment field to the gravimetric ambience.
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
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The deck was beginning to vibrate slightly as they plunged through the gravimetric distortions radiating from the Infinite.
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
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When Scotty and Leah returned to the bridge, waves of gravimetric interference were reaching out like claws to try and drag the saucer into the wormhole.
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
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It might just be a gravimetric distortion from the string itself, but it just might be caused by the passage of a cloaked ship.
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
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Wormholes, subspace distortion fields, gravimetric distortions . . .
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
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Vol, use the warp engines to counter the gravimetric waves.
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
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Assuming it is a Ferengi marauder and not just a gravimetric eddy.
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
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