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Webster 1913 Edition
Pycnometer
Pyc-nom′e-ter
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] dense, compact +
-meter
.] (Physics)
A specific gravity bottle; a standard flask for measuring and comparing the densities of liquids.
[Also written
pyknometer
.] Definition 2024
pycnometer
pycnometer
English
Noun
pycnometer (plural pycnometers)
- (physics) A vessel used to determine the specific gravity of a liquid; a specific gravity bottle.
- 2006 December 8th, David Biello, “Fact or Fiction?: Archimedes Coined the Term ‘Eureka!’ in the Bath” in Scientific American:
- As Galileo showed in his tract La Bilancetta, or “The Little Balance,” a scientist of Archimedes’ stature could have achieved a far more precise result using his own law of buoyancy and an accurate scale, something far more common in the ancient world than a very precise pycnometer, which is used to measure displacement.
- 2006 December 8th, David Biello, “Fact or Fiction?: Archimedes Coined the Term ‘Eureka!’ in the Bath” in Scientific American:
Related terms
- pycnometric
- pycnometry
Translations
vessel used to determine a liquid’s specific gravity
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