Definition of densimeter Densimeter

den•sim•e•ter

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What does densimeter mean?

Noun Plural: densimeters
densimeter - a measuring instrument for determining density or specific gravity
		densitometer
		measuring device, measuring instrument, measuring system instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something

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densimeter (n.)
An instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity or density of a substance.

densimeter
den-sim′et-ėr, n. an instrument for ascertaining the comparative density or specific gravity of a substance. [L. densus, dense, and metrum (Gr. metron), measure.]

densimeter
An apparatus for obtaining the specific gravity of gunpowder by immersing it in mercury. It consists of an open vessel containing mercury, a frame supporting a glass globe communicating by a tube with the mercury in the open vessel, and joined at top to a graduated glass tube, which communicates by a flexible tube with an ordinary air-pump. Stop-cocks are inserted in the tubes above and below the glass globe, and a diaphragm of chamois-skin is placed over the bottom orifice and one of wire cloth over the top orifice of the globe. The arrangement allows the globe to be filled with mercury to any mark on the graduated tube, or with gunpowder and mercury. The globe can be taken off and weighed in both cases. The specific gravity is obtained from the relation between the weights in the two cases.