capillarimeter

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• capillarimeter — (kəˌpɪləˈrɪmɪtə(r)) [f. L. capillāri s + meter.] An instrument for determining the strength of wine or the quality of oil on the principle of capillary attraction. in Knight Dict. Mech. in Syd. Soc. Lex …   Useful english dictionary

• Traube, Isidor — ▪ German chemist born March 31, 1860, Hildesheim, Hanover died Oct. 27, 1943, Edinburgh       German physical chemist who founded capillary chemistry and whose research on liquids advanced knowledge of critical temperature, osmosis, colloids, and …   Universalium

• capillary —   a. pertaining to or like a hair; n. minute hair like blood vessel.    ♦ capillaceous,    ♦ capillose, a. hairy; bristly.    ♦ capilliform, a. hair like.    ♦ capillarimeter, n. instrument measuring liquid by action of capillarity.    ♦… …   Dictionary of difficult words