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dilatometer|daɪləˈtɒmɪtə(r)|
[f. dilate v.2 + -ometer.]
An instrument for determining the dilatation or expansion of a liquid by heat. Hence dilatoˈmetric a., relating to a dilatometer.
1882Nature No. 639. 290 The numerous determinations of the expansion of water by heat..Experimenters..have used two methods—the hydrostatic and the dilatometric. 1883Syd. Soc. Lex., Alcoholic dilatometer, an instrument invented by Silvermann to determine the quantity of alcohol in a liquid, founded on the principle that water in passing from 0° C. to 100° C...expands ·0466 of its volume, and alcohol..·1252. |
