HYDROMETER
HYDROM'ETER, noun [See Hydrometry.] An instrument to measure the gravity, density, velocity, force, etc. of water and other fluids, and the strength of spirituous liquors.
Diccionario
Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
Buscar
Encontrar una palabra o entrada
Letra actual
H
2.160 entradas
HYDROMETRIC
HYDROMET'RICHYDROMET'RICAL, adjective Pertaining to a hydrometer, or to the measurement of the gravity, etc. of fluids.1. Made by a hydrometer.
HYDROMETRICAL
HYDROMET'RICAL, a. Pertaining to a hydrometer, or to the measurement of the gravity, &c. of fluids.1. Made by a hydrometer.
HYDROMETRY
HYDROM'ETRY, noun [Gr. water, and measure.] The art of measuring, or the mensuration of the gravity, density, velocity, force, etc. of fluids, and the strength of rectified spir...
HYDROPHANE
HY'DROPHANE, noun [Gr. water, and to show.] In mineralogy, a variety of opal made transparent by immersion in water.
HYDROPHANOUS
HYDROPH'ANOUS, adjective Made transparent by immersion in water.
HYDROPHOBIA
HYDROPHO'BIAHYDROPHO'BIC, adjective Pertaining to a dread of water, or canine madness.
HYDROPHOBY
HY'DROPHOBY, noun [Gr. water, and to fear.] A preternatural dread of water; a symptom of canine madness, or the disease itself, which is thus denominated. This dread of water so...
HYDROPIC
HYDROP'ICHYDROP'ICAL, adjective [Latin hydrops; Gr. dropsy; water.]1. Dropsical; diseased with extravasated water.2. Containing water; caused by extravasated water; as a hydropi...
HYDROPNEUMATIC
HYDROPNEUMAT'IC, adjective [Gr. water, and inflated, breath, spirit.]An epithet given to a vessel of water, with other apparatus for chimical experiments.
HYDROPSY
HYDROPSY. [See Dropsy.]
HYDROSCOPE
HY'DROSCOPE, noun [Gr. water, and to view.] A kind of water clock, or instrument used anciently for measuring time, consisting of a cylindrical tube, conical at the bottom, perf...
HYDROSTATIC
HYDROSTAT'ICHYDROSTAT'ICAL, adjective [Gr. water, and static, standing or settling.]Relating to the science of weighing fluids, or hydrostatics.
HYDROSTATICAL
HYDROSTAT'ICAL, a. [Gr. water, and static, standing or settling.]Relating to the science of weighing fluids, or hydrostatics.
HYDROSTATICALLY
HYDROSTAT'ICALLY, adverb According to hydrostatics, or to hydrostatic principles.
HYDROSTATICS
HYDROSTAT'ICS, noun The science which treats of the weight, motion, and equilibriums of fluids, or of the specific gravity and other properties of fluids, particularly of water....
HYDROSULPHATE
HYDROSULPH'ATE, noun The same as hydrosulphuret.
HYDROSULPHURET
HYDROSULPH'URET, noun [hydrogen and sulphuret.] A combination of sulphureted hydrogen with an earth, alkali or metallic oxyd.
HYDROSULPHURETED
HYDROSULPH'URETED, adjective Combined with sulphureted hydrogen.Hydrosulphuric acid, is called also hydrothionic acid, or sulphureted hydrogen.
HYDROTHORAX
HYDROTHO'RAX, noun [Gr. water.] Dropsy in the chest.
HYDROTIC
HYDROT'IC, adjective [Gr. water.] Causing a discharge of water.HYDROT'IC, noun A medicine that purges off water or phlegm.
HYDROXANTHATE
HYDROXAN'THATE, noun [Gr. water, and yellow.] In chimistry, a compound of hydroxanthic acid with a base.
HYDROXANTHIC
HYDROXAN'THIC, adjective A term used to denote a new acid, formed by the action of alkalies on the bisulphuret of carbon. It is called also carbo-sulphuric acid.
HYDRURET
HY'DRURET, noun A combination of hydrogen with sulphur, or of sulphur and sulphureted hydrogen.
HYDRUS
HY'DRUS, noun [Gr. water.] A water snake; also, a constellation of the southern hemisphere.
HYEMAL
HYE'MAL, adjective [Latin hiems, winter.] Belonging to winter; done in winter.
HYEMATE
HY'EMATE, verb intransitive To winter at a place. [Not in use.]