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单词 hydrometry
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hydrometryn.

/hʌɪˈdrɒmɪtri/
Etymology: < modern Latin hydrometria, < Greek ὑδρο- water + -μετρία -metry comb. form; compare French hydrométrie.
The determination of specific gravity by means of the hydrometer; hence, that part of hydrostatics which deals with this. In early use the term seems to have been co-extensive with ‘hydrodynamics’ (in the modern sense).
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1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Hydrometria includes both Hydrostaticks and Hydraulicks.]
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) In the Year 1694..a new Chair or Professorship, of Hydrometry was founded in the University of Boulogne.
1796 C. Hutton Math. & Philos. Dict. Hydrometria, Hydrometry, the mensuration of water and other fluid bodies, their gravity, force, velocity, quantity, etc.; including both hydrostatics and hydraulics.
1847 E. Cresy Encycl. Civil Engin. i. iv. 207 A new chair was created for him [Dominico Guglielmini], under the title of that of Hydrometry, which, from that period, was accounted deserving of being ranked among the cultivated sciences.
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