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DENSITOMETER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A measuring instrument for determining density or specific gravity
Synonyms:
densimeter; densitometer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("densitometer" is a kind of...):
measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "densitometer"):
dasymeter (densimeter consisting of a thin glass globe that is weighed in a gas to determine its density)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A measuring instrument for determining optical or photographic density
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("densitometer" is a kind of...):
measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "densitometer"):
microphotometer (special kind of densitometer that measures density variations over a very small area)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb densitometer
