Tralles alcoholometer

noun

Tral·​les alcoholometer

variants or Tralles hydrometer

ˈträlə̇s-

: an alcoholometer graduated so that its degrees indicate percentages by volume at 15.6°C

Word History

Etymology

after Johann G. Tralles †1822 German physicist

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