"refractometer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: refractometers [plural]
Etymology: refract + -o- + -meter Etymology templates: {{af|en|refract|-o-|-meter}} refract + -o- + -meter Head templates: {{en-noun}} refractometer (plural refractometers)
  1. (physics) An optical instrument used to measure the refractive index of a substance. Wikipedia link: refractometer Categories (topical): Measuring instruments, Physics Derived forms: Abbe refractometer Related terms: refractometric, refractometry Translations (instrument used to measure the refractive index): refractòmetre [masculine] (Catalan), réfractomètre [masculine] (French), refractómetro [masculine] (Galician), Refraktometer [neuter] (German), refraktométer (Hungarian), rifrattometro [masculine] (Italian), refraktometer (Malay), refratómetro [Portugal] (Portuguese), refratômetro [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), refractometru [neuter] (Romanian), refractómetro [masculine] (Spanish), refraktometr (Uzbek)

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