eudiometry

English

Etymology

Compare French eudiométrie.

Noun

eudiometry (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry, dated) The art or process of determining the constituents of a gaseous mixture by means of the eudiometer, or for ascertaining the purity of the air or the amount of oxygen in it.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for eudiometry in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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