- Hydrometric pendulum
- Hydrometric Hy`dro*met"ric, Hydrometrical Hy`dro*met"ric*al,
a. [Cf. F. hydrom[`e]trique.]
1. Of or pertaining to an hydrometer, or to the determination
of the specific gravity of fluids.
[1913 Webster]
2. Of or pertaining to measurement of the velocity, discharge, etc., of running water. [1913 Webster]
3. Made by means of an hydrometer; as, hydrometric observations. [1913 Webster]
{Hydrometric pendulum}, a species of hydrometer consisting of a hollow ball of ivory or metal suspended by a treated from the center of a graduated quadrant, and held in a stream to measure the velocity of the water by the inclination given to the thread; a kind of current gauge. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
