Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several instruments for measuring the volume of liquids, solids, or gases.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In chem. and physics, broadly, any instrument for measuring the volumes of gases, as a graduated glass tube in which a gas may be collected over water or mercury, the gas displacing the liquid as it enters the vessel, and the volume displaced being indicated by the graduations.
- noun Same as
stereometer .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physics) An instrument for measuring the volumes of gases or liquids by introducing them into a vessel of known capacity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any instrument used to measure the
volume of a substance
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a meter to measure the volume of gases, liquids, or solids (either directly or by displacement)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[volu(me) + –meter.]
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Examples
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The elder Dr. Gilson developed Pipetman's unique volumeter in 1963 as an improvement to Gilson respirometers.
Press Releases Press Guy 2010
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The volumeter consists of three numbers, and is read from.
LearnHub Activities 2009
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It is only necessary to change the tip if a different liquid is being sampled or if the volumeter setting is changed.
LearnHub Activities 2009
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To obtain maximum accuracy when changing the volumeter setting, follow the recommendations below: decreasing the volume setting, turn the adjustment ring slowly to reach the required setting,
LearnHub Activities 2009
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