"lactometer" meaning in English

See lactometer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-lactometer.wav Forms: lactometers [plural]
Etymology: From lact- + -o- + -meter. Etymology templates: {{af|en|lact-|-o-|-meter}} lact- + -o- + -meter Head templates: {{en-noun}} lactometer (plural lactometers)
  1. A device that estimates the cream content of milk by measuring its specific gravity. Translations (device to weight cream): pèse-lait [masculine] (French), lactómetro [masculine] (Galician), galactómetro [masculine] (Galician), lactodensímetro [masculine] (Galician), laktometro (Ido), lattodensimetro [masculine] (Italian), lattometro [masculine] (Italian), jangka laktosa (Malay), meter laktosa (Malay), laktometer (Malay), lactómetro [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), lactômetro [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), galactómetro [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), galactômetro [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), lactodensímetro [masculine] (Portuguese), lactómetro [masculine] (Spanish), galactómetro [masculine] (Spanish), lactodensímetro [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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