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hydrometry

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The branch of hydrostatics dealing with the measurement of specific gravity using hydrometers

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the measurement of specific gravity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gravimetry

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: measurement, measuring, measure, mensuration

History

Etymology

From hydro- + -metry.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: հիդրոմետրիա (hidrometria) — branch of hydrostatics
  • Catalan: hidrometria — branch of hydrostatics
  • Danish: hydrometri — branch of hydrostatics
  • Finnish: hydrometria — branch of hydrostatics
  • Friulian: idrometrie — branch of hydrostatics
  • Georgian: ჰიდრომეტრია (hidromeṭria) — branch of hydrostatics
  • German: Hydrometrie — branch of hydrostatics
  • Hungarian: hidrometria — branch of hydrostatics
  • Irish: hidriméadracht — branch of hydrostatics
  • Italian: idrometria — branch of hydrostatics
  • Portuguese: hidrometria — branch of hydrostatics
  • Romanian: hidrometrie — branch of hydrostatics
  • Russian: гидроме́трия (gidrométrija) — branch of hydrostatics
  • Spanish: hidrometría — branch of hydrostatics