capillarimeter

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

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