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DENSIMETER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A measuring instrument for determining density or specific gravity
Synonyms:
densimeter; densitometer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("densimeter" is a kind of...):
measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "densimeter"):
dasymeter (densimeter consisting of a thin glass globe that is weighed in a gas to determine its density)