English
Etymology
From lact- + -o- + -meter.
Pronunciation
Noun
lactometer (plural lactometers)
- A device that estimates the cream content of milk by measuring its specific gravity.
1948, Joseph Price Remington, Practice of Pharmacy, page 63:The lactometer is employed in detecting the adulteration of milk with water; […]
Translations
device to weight cream
- French: pèse-lait (fr) m
- Galician: lactómetro (gl) m, galactómetro (gl) m, lactodensímetro (gl) m
- Ido: laktometro (io)
- Italian: lattodensimetro m, lattometro m
- Malay: jangka laktosa, meter laktosa, laktometer
- Portuguese: lactómetro m (Portugal), lactômetro (pt) m (Brazil), galactómetro m (Portugal), galactômetro m (Brazil), lactodensímetro m
- Spanish: lactómetro m, galactómetro m, lactodensímetro m
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