(n.) An instrument for determining the specific gravities of liquids, and thence the strength spirituous liquors, saline solutions, etc.
(n.) An instrument, variously constructed, used for measuring the velocity or discharge of water, as in rivers, from reservoirs, etc., and called by various specific names according to its construction or use, as tachometer, rheometer, hydrometer, pendulum, etc.; a current gauge.
Example Sentences:
(1) The following noninvasive measuring methods were used for evaluation of the skin before and after exposure to irritants: measurement of transepidermal water loss by an evaporimeter, measurement of electrical conductance by a hydrometer, measurement of skin blood flow by laser Doppler flowmetry, measurement of skin colour by a colorimeter and measurement of skin thickness by ultrasound A-scan.
(2) The concentration of solids (or water) in urine can be measured by weighing, hydrometer, refractometry, surface tension, osmolality, a reagent strip, or oscillations of a capillary tube.
(3) the Skicon-100 and Corneometer CM 420 hydrometers and the Servo Med EPI evaporimeter.
(4) In an attempt to analyze the "texture match" of grafted skin, functional and morphological aspects of the stratum corneum were studied using the Skin Surface Hydrometer (IBS Inc.) and the scanning electron microscope.
(5) In conclusion, both hydrometers were deemed relevant and valid for assessment of skin moisture.
(6) Specific gravity of the colostrum was measured using a hydrometer in increments of 5 degrees C from 0 to 40 degrees C. Specific gravity explained 76% of the variation in colostral total IgG at a colostrum temperature of 20 degrees C. The regression model was improved only slightly with the addition of protein, fat, and total solids.
Urinometer
Definition:
(n.) A small hydrometer for determining the specific gravity of urine.
Example Sentences:
(1) There is no correlation between the relative supersaturation of CaOx and the SG-determination (urinometer, test stick).
(2) Both methods were compared and a table for converting refractometer values to urinometer values is given.
(3) For the determination of specific gravity of canine urine the urinometer is often used.
(4) The instrument appears to be a good alternative for both the urinometer and the osmometer.
(5) In 230 spontaneously voided urines and 45 25 h-urines the SG was measured by the test stick and compared with urinometer measurements.