Dictionary

azotometer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌeɪzəʊˈtɒmɪtɚ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti Proto-Hellenic *gʷyṓw-ō Proto-Hellenic *d͏̌ṓwō Ancient Greek ζώω (zṓō) Ancient Greek ζῶ (zô) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ) French azotebor. English azote Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor. French -mètrebor. English -meter English azotometer From azote + -o- + -meter.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) An apparatus for measuring or determining the proportion of nitrogen.
   • The gases passed over a hot roll of copper gauze, then through a weighed calcium chloride tube, which absorbed the water, into an azotometer containing a concentrated solution of potassium hydroxide where the nitrogen was measured. 1885, American Journal of Science, 3rd Series, Volume 30, page 57:

Forms

Deriveds

Lunge's azotometer · Winkler's azotometer · Bunte's azotometer · Johnson's azotometer · Horn's azotometer

Relateds

azotometric · azotometry

Synonyms

nitrometer

Translations (1)

pl azotometr (meter for nitrogen)