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Webster 1913 Edition


Carbonometer

Carˊbon-om′e-ter

,
Noun.
[
Carbon
+
-meter
.]
An instrument for detecting and measuring the amount of carbon which is present, or more esp. the amount of carbon dioxide, by its action on limewater or by other means.

Definition 2024


carbonometer

carbonometer

English

Noun

carbonometer (plural carbonometers)

  1. (obsolete, chemistry) an early device for measuring the concentration of carbon dioxide in a gas, by bubbling it through limewater and measuring the cloudiness