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Webster 1913 Edition

Lactometer

Lac-tom′e-ter

,

Noun.

[L.

lac

,

lactis

, milk +

meter

: cf. F.

lactomètre

. Cf.

.]

An instrument for estimating the purity or richness of milk, as a measuring glass, a specific gravity bulb, or other apparatus.

Definition 2024

lactometer

lactometer

English

Noun

lactometer ‎(plural lactometers)

A device that estimates the cream content of milk by measuring its specific gravity.

Translations

device to weight cream

French: pèse-lait (fr) m
Galician: lactómetro m, galactómetro m, lactodensímetro m
Ido: laktometro (io)
Italian: lattodensimetro m

Malay: jangka laktosa, meter laktosa, laktometer
Portuguese: lactómetro m, (Portugal), lactômetro (pt) m (Brazil), galactómetro m, (Portugal), galactômetro m (Brazil), lactodensímetro m
Spanish: lactómetro m, galactómetro m, lactodensímetro m