Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument for measuring the pressure of a vapor, especially one by which the amount of alcohol in a wine or liquor is determined from the height of the column of mercury which its vapor will support.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An instrument for measuring the volume or the tension of any vapor; specifically, an instrument of this sort used as an alcoholometer in testing spirituous liquors.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
instrument formeasuring thevolume ortension of anyvapor .
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Examples
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a new acidimeter, invented by Mr. GEISLER, who also invented the new vaporimeter for the determination of the quantity of alcohol contained in wine.
The Cultivation of The Native Grape, and Manufacture of American Wines George Husmann
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