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hy·drom·e·ter
 hydrometer
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- pronunciation:
- haI
dra
m
tr
[or]
haI
dr
mi
tr
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
an instrument, usu. a sealed glass tube containing a graduated scale and weighted at one end, used to measure the specific gravity of liquids.
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| derivations: |
hydrometric (adj.), hydrometrical (adj.), hydrometry (n.) |
The word hydrometer
contains the following parts:
hydr, hydro
Greek
root
that means water, hydrogen, liquid
  Example words:
anhydride, carbohydrate, dehydrate, dehydrogenate, hydra, Hydra, hydrangea, hydrant, hydraulic, hydraulics, hydrazine, hydric, hydride, hydrocarbon, hydrocephalus, hydrocyanic acid, hydrodynamics, hydroelectric, hydrofluoric acid, hydrofoil, hydrogen, hydrography, hydroid, hydrolysis, hydrometer, hydropathy, hydrophobia, hydrophyte, hydroplane, hydroponics, hydrosphere, hydrostatics, hydrotherapeutics, hydrotherapy, hydrotropism, hydrous, hydroxide, hydrozoan, magnetohydrodynamics, oxyhydrogen
- synonyms:
- aqu, aqua
metr, -meter, -metry
Greek
root
that means measure
Example words:
accelerometer, altimeter, ametropia, ammeter, anemometer, aneroid barometer, anthropometry, asymmetry, audiometer, barometer, biometrics, calorimeter, centimeter, chronometer, clinometer, cliometrics, craniometry, cryometer, cyclometer, decameter, decimeter, dekameter, diameter, dosimeter, dynamometer, econometrics, electrometer, fluorometer, galvanometer, geometric progression, geometry, goniometer, gravimeter, hectometer, hemacytometer, hemocytometer, heptameter, hexameter, hydrometer, hypermetropia, inclinometer, interferometer, isometric, lysimeter, magnetometer, manometer, meter, metrics, metronome, micrometer, nanometer, odometer, ohmmeter, optometry, parameter, pedometer, pentameter, perimeter, photometer, photometry, planimeter, polarimeter, potentiometer, pyrometer, radiometer, saccharimeter, saccharometer, salimeter, salinometer, spectrometer, speedometer, sphygmomanometer, symmetry, tachometer, taximeter, telemetry, tetrameter, thermometer, tonometer, trigonometry, trimeter, turbidimeter, variometer, voltammeter, voltmeter, wattmeter
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