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HYDROMETER [4 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

hydrometer: an item in the "Chemical Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Science and Technology" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

hydromètre : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement chimiques» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour les sciences et la technologie».

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Servicing and Maintenance (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
CONT

There are several methods used to test the condition of a storage battery. In general, these include: measurement of specific gravity by means of a hydrometer ...

OBS

battery hydrometer: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesure
  • Entretien et réparation (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
CONT

Il faut donc, tout d'abord, procéder à la charge de la batterie, puis vérifier plusieurs fois en cours de charge la densité de l'électrolyte à l'aide d'un densimètre [...] jusqu'à ce que l'indication donnée par cet appareil soit stable, c'est à dire que la densité n'augmente plus [...]

CONT

[Le densimètre ou le pèse-acide] se compose d'une poire en caoutchouc en haut, d'un tube de verre, d'un tube de caoutchouc en bas [...]

OBS

Pluriel : des pèse-acides.

OBS

pèse-acides (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

OBS

pèse-acide : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments (Engineering)
DEF

A direct-reading instrument for indicating density, specific gravity, or some similar characteristic of liquids.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de mesure (Ingénierie)
CONT

La mesure de la densité [du bitume] se fait au densimètre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumentos de medida (Ingeniería)
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Record 4 2001-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Instruments
  • Chemistry
DEF

An instrument for determining the specific gravity of liquids, or sometimes (as in Nicholson's hydrometer) for finding the specific gravity of either liquids or solids. The common type consists of a graduated stem having a hollow bulb and a weight at its lower end, so as to float with the stem upright in a liquid, the specific gravity of which is indicated by the depth to which the stem is immersed. Special names are given to it as constructed for particular liquids, as alcoholometer, acidimeter, lactometer, etc.

DEF

An instrument for measuring the specific gravity of a liquid commonly consisting of a thin glass or metal tube graduated to indicate either specific gravities or percentages of solution constituents and weighted so that it floats upright.

DEF

An instrument, consisting of a graduated glass tube terminating in a loaded bulb, for measuring the specific gravity of fluids; a hydrometer.

OBS

The French term "hydromètre" was apparently adopted from English, but has commonly the sense of "rain-gauge", the hydrometer being called in French "aréomètre."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments scientifiques
  • Chimie
DEF

Instrument fonctionnant suivant le principe d'Archimède et destiné à mesurer la densité d'une solution, pour en déterminer la concentration (acide, alcool, sirop, etc.).

DEF

Appareil flottant utilisé pour déterminer la densité des liquides dont on déduit le degré de concentration des mélanges ou des dissolutions.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec le terme français «hydromètre» qui se rapporte à un appareil monométrique utilisé pour mesurer la hauteur de liquide dans un réservoir (d'après le Grand Dictionnaire encyclopédique Larousse, code LAROG, 1982, vol. 5, p. 5403).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumentos científicos
  • Química
DEF

Instrumento de lectura directa que indica la densidad, gravedad específica o alguna característica semejante de los líquidos.

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