lactodensimeter

English edit

Etymology edit

lacto- +‎ densimeter

Noun edit

lactodensimeter (plural lactodensimeters)

A form of hydrometer for finding the density of milk, and thus discovering whether it has been mixed with water or had some of the cream removed.

Translations edit

a form of hydrometer for finding the density of milk

Italian: lattodensimetro m

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “lactodensimeter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)