Definition of intoximeter in English:
intoximeter
noun ɪnˈtɒksɪmiːtəɪnˈtɑksəˌmidər
A non-portable instrument for measuring the alcohol content of a person's breath, especially in cases of suspected drunken driving, usually sited at a police station.
Example sentencesExamples
- He smelled of alcohol and registered .12 percent on a BAC intoximeter.
- He was arrested and at Cheltenham Police station he gave a breath alcohol sample on the intoximeter which produced a reading of 87 micrograms of alcohol per 100 ml of breath.
- The judge's concern related to the absence of an independent means of verification of the intoximeter.
- There was no independent analysis of a breath sample taken by an intoximeter, and as such the read-out was ‘irrebuttable’.
- In 2001 the seven applied for an inspection of the intoximeter at Dún Laoghaire Garda Station but the District Court had refused to adjourn their cases for an inspection.
- The new intoximeters will undergo weekly accuracy checks to be certain they are calibrated at all times.
Origin
1950s: from intoxication (see intoxicate) + -meter.
Definition of intoximeter in US English:
intoximeter
nouninˈtäksəˌmēdərɪnˈtɑksəˌmidər
A nonportable instrument for measuring the alcohol content of a person's breath, especially in cases of suspected drunk driving, usually sited at a police station.
Example sentencesExamples
- He smelled of alcohol and registered .12 percent on a BAC intoximeter.
- There was no independent analysis of a breath sample taken by an intoximeter, and as such the read-out was ‘irrebuttable’.
- He was arrested and at Cheltenham Police station he gave a breath alcohol sample on the intoximeter which produced a reading of 87 micrograms of alcohol per 100 ml of breath.
- The new intoximeters will undergo weekly accuracy checks to be certain they are calibrated at all times.
- The judge's concern related to the absence of an independent means of verification of the intoximeter.
- In 2001 the seven applied for an inspection of the intoximeter at Dún Laoghaire Garda Station but the District Court had refused to adjourn their cases for an inspection.
Origin
1950s: from intoxication (see intoxicate) + -meter.