lactometer

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Etymology

Etymology tree

English lact-

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

Latin -o-bor.

English -o-

Proto-Indo-European *med-

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Hellenic *-tron

Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron)

Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor.

French -mètrebor.

English -meter

English lactometer

From lact- + -o- + -meter.

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Noun

lactometer (plural lactometers)

1. 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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