saccharometer

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saccharometer - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Saccharimeter \Sac`cha*rim"e*ter\, n. [L. saccharon sugar +
     -meter: cf. F. saccharim[`e]tre.]
     An instrument for ascertaining the quantity of saccharine
     matter in any solution, as the juice of a plant, or brewers'
     and distillers' worts. [Written also saccharometer.]
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     Note: The common saccharimeter of the brewer is an hydrometer
           adapted by its scale to point out the proportion of
           saccharine matter in a solution of any specific
           gravity. The polarizing saccharimeter of the chemist is
           a complex optical apparatus, in which polarized light
           is transmitted through the saccharine solution, and the
           proportion of sugar indicated by the relative deviation
           of the plane of polarization.
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  Saccharometer \Sac`cha*rom"e*ter\, n.
     A saccharimeter.
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