Refractometer

Definition: Refractometer

Refractometer

Noun

1. Measuring instrument for measuring the refractive index of a substance.

Specialty Definitions: Refractometer

Domain	Definitions
Physics	Instrument for determining the refractive index of liquids or solids. Source: European Union. (references)
Aerospace	An instrument for measuring the index of refraction of a liquid, gas or solid. (references)
Medicine	Any of several objective or subjective devices for measuring the refractive state of an eye. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	A. A combustible gases detector. See also:interference methanomete b. An instrument for measuring indices of refraction of transparentsubstances, both liquid and solid. CF:Abbe refractometer. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms within Context: Refractometer

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Measurement	Bathometer, galvanometer, heliometer, interferometer, odometer, ombrometer, pantometer, pluviometer, pneumatometer, pneumometer, radiometer, refractometer, respirometer, rheometer, spirometer, telemeter, udometer, vacuometer, variometer, viameter, thermometer, thermistor (heat), barometer (air), anemometer (wind), dynamometer, goniometer (angle) meter; landmark; (limit); balance, scale; (weight); marigraph, pneumatograph, stethograph; rain gauge, rain gage; voltmeter(volts), ammeter(amps); spectrophotometer (light absorbance); mass spectrophotometer(molecular mass); geiger counter, scintillation counter(radioactivity); pycnometer (liquid density); graduated cylinder, volumetric flask (volume); radar gun (velocity); radar (distance); side-looking radar (shape, topography); sonar (depth in water); light meter (light intensity); clock, watch, stopwatch, chronometer (time); anemometer (wind velocity); densitometer (color intensity).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Refractometer

Specialty definitions using "refractometer": Abbe refractometer, AUTOCLAVE OPERATOR I ♦ BLOW-UP OPERATOR, BULK-PLANT OPERATOR ♦ COOK, SYRUP MAKER, COOK, VACUUM KETTLE, cooker, syrup, COOLING-PAN TENDER ♦ DORR OPERATOR ♦ FOOD TESTER ♦ gem expert, GEMOLOGIST ♦ HONEY GRADER-AND-BLENDER, honey liquefier ♦ microwave refractometer ♦ REFINED-SYRUP OPERATOR, REFINING-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ sauce maker, SYRUP MAKER. (references)

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Photo Album: Refractometer

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	39C - McGavin working on gust probe and microwave refractometer.Credit: Flying With NOAA.		Figure 49. Fery refractometer, an instrument first suggested by Julius Hilgard of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey to measure the density of sea water by relating the index of refraction of a liquid to its density. The instrument shown was developed by the Frenchman Charles Fery in 1891.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.
	Figure 50. Berget double deviation refractometer, developed and devised by the Frenchman Alphonse Berget, professor at the Oceanographic Institute. From about 1911 onward, he was concerned with developing an instrument to measure the density of a liquid at sea by a method that would not be affected by the ship's motion. He described the pictured instrument in 1925.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Refractometer

"Refractometer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "Refractometer" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	75%	3	202,518
Adjective (comparative)	25%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	4	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Refractometer

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
refractometer	105
abbe refractometer	14
hand refractometer	11
brix refractometer	7
digital refractometer	5
salinity refractometer	5
gem refractometer	4
inline refractometer	3
milk refractometer	3
atago refractometer	2
equipment refractometer	2
leica refractometer	2
portable refractometer	2
process refractometer	2
accessory refractometer	2
brix concentration refractometer	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Refractometer

Language		Translations for "refractometer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		refraktometer, optometer (optimeter, optometer opsiometer). (various references)

Dutch		refractometer, optometer (Badal optometer, Badal's optometer, optimeter, optometer opsiometer), optimeter (Badal optometer, Badal's optometer, optimeter, optometer opsiometer), opsiometer (optimeter, optometer opsiometer). (various references)

French		réfractomètre, optomètre, opsiomètre. (various references)

German		Refraktometer, Optometer (optimeter, optometer opsiometer, optometrist). (various references)

Greek		οπτόμετρο (optimeter, optometer opsiometer), οπτικόμετρο (optimeter, optometer opsiometer), διαθλασίμετρο. (various references)

Italian		rifrattometro, refrattometro, optometro (optimeter, optometer opsiometer). (various references)

Korean		굴� �계. (various references)

Manx		aascellveihaghyn. (various references)

Pig Latin		efractometerray

Portuguese		optómetro (optimeter, optometer opsiometer). (various references)

Spanish		refractometro, optómetro (optimeter, optometer opsiometer). (various references)

Vietnamese		cái đo chiết xuất. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Refractometer

Derivations
	Words beginning with "refractometer": refractometers. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Refractometer

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-e-f-m-o-r-r-r-t-t"
	-3 letters: farmerette.
	-4 letters: aerometer, forcemeat, formatter, octameter, ratemeter, rectorate, reformate, refractor, retractor, retreater, rotameter, terraform.
	-5 letters: careerer, carefree, cremator, ectomere, etcetera, ferreter, fetterer, recreate, reformat, reformer, retorter, retroact, tetramer.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-e-f-m-o-r-r-r-t-t"
	+1 letter: refractometers.
	+2 letters: refractometries.
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