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Noun

pycnometry (uncountable)

1. The measurement of specific gravity by means of a pycnometer

Anagrams

• Pontycymer

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (puknós, “dense”) and ?????? (métron, “measure”); synchronically, pycno- +? -meter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?k?n?m?t?(?)/

Noun

pycnometer (plural pycnometers)

1. (physics) A vessel used to determine the specific gravity of a liquid; a specific gravity bottle.
   • 2006 December 8th, David Biello, “Fact or Fiction?: Archimedes Coined the Term ‘Eureka!’ in the Bath” in Scientific American:

     As Galileo showed in his tract La Bilancetta, or “The Little Balance,” a scientist of Archimedes’ stature could have achieved a far more precise result using his own law of buoyancy and an accurate scale, something far more common in the ancient world than a very precise pycnometer, which is used to measure displacement.

Related terms

• pycnometric
• pycnometry

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Further reading

• pycnometer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia