elaiometer

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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, oil) +‎ -meter.

Noun

elaiometer (plural elaiometers)

  1. (chemistry) An apparatus for determining the amount of oil contained in any substance, or for ascertaining the degree of purity of oil.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for elaiometer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)