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hydrometry


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Hydrometry  \Hy*drom"e*try\,  n.  [Cf.  F.  hydrom[`e]trique.] 
  1.  The  art  of  determining  the  specific  gravity  of  liquids, 
  and  thence  the  strength  of  spirituous  liquors,  saline 
  solutions,  etc 
 
  2.  The  art  or  operation  of  measuring  the  velocity  or 
  discharge  of  running  water,  as  in  rivers,  etc 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  hydrometry 
  n  :  the  measurement  of  specific  gravity  [syn:  {gravimetry}] 




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