HYDROMETER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hydrometer mean? 

• HYDROMETER (noun)
  The noun HYDROMETER has 1 sense:

1. a measuring instrument for determining the specific gravity of a liquid or solid

  Familiarity information: HYDROMETER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYDROMETER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A measuring instrument for determining the specific gravity of a liquid or solid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

gravimeter; hydrometer

Hypernyms ("hydrometer" is a kind of...):

measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hydrometer"):

salinometer (a hydrometer that determines the concentration of salt solutions by measuring their density)

thermogravimeter; thermohydrometer (a hydrometer that includes a thermometer)

Derivation:

hydrometric (of or relating to hydrometry)