Definition of lactometer in English:
lactometer
noun lakˈtɒmɪtəlækˈtɑmədər
An instrument for measuring the density of milk.
Example sentencesExamples
- The quizmaster, however, was least amused as degree coffee got its name after the lactometer used to measure the milk specific gravity (to detect adulteration).
- Dr Aung Gyi said most of the lactometers on the Myanmar market are from China and India, although a small number of more advanced and more expensive European-made models are available.
- Water in milk shows up in its lactometer reading and the change in freezing point.
- Always read the temperature of the milk first: the lactometer reading varies according to the temperature.
- Meucci's lactometer bears, in this framework, a notable importance, not much for the precision of measurement (somewhat impaired by the use of strong reagents, liable to partly solubilize the milk-solids) but because it was a forerunner of the following, more sophisticated, methods of determining the fat contents of milk.
- This describes a lactometer to be used for testing the quality of milk, and the illustration shows a rule of identical construction to the proof rule above, but with scales specific to the measurement of milk.
- Depending upon how much water is added to it lactometer will show lower and lower readings.
- The lactometer measures the specific gravity of milk.
- Sub-standard milk coming from other States can easily be stopped at the check posts by checking them using lactometers.
Definition of lactometer in US English:
lactometer
nounlakˈtämədərlækˈtɑmədər
An instrument for measuring the density of milk.
Example sentencesExamples
- Sub-standard milk coming from other States can easily be stopped at the check posts by checking them using lactometers.
- Water in milk shows up in its lactometer reading and the change in freezing point.
- The lactometer measures the specific gravity of milk.
- Depending upon how much water is added to it lactometer will show lower and lower readings.
- This describes a lactometer to be used for testing the quality of milk, and the illustration shows a rule of identical construction to the proof rule above, but with scales specific to the measurement of milk.
- Meucci's lactometer bears, in this framework, a notable importance, not much for the precision of measurement (somewhat impaired by the use of strong reagents, liable to partly solubilize the milk-solids) but because it was a forerunner of the following, more sophisticated, methods of determining the fat contents of milk.
- Always read the temperature of the milk first: the lactometer reading varies according to the temperature.
- The quizmaster, however, was least amused as degree coffee got its name after the lactometer used to measure the milk specific gravity (to detect adulteration).
- Dr Aung Gyi said most of the lactometers on the Myanmar market are from China and India, although a small number of more advanced and more expensive European-made models are available.