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- Ancient Greek · derived fromδασύ(ς)“dense”
- English todaydasymeter
Ancient Greek δασύ(ς) (dasú(s), “dense”) + -meter (“measuring device”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
dasymeter
Today it means: An instrument for testing the density of gases, consisting of a thin glass globe, which is weighed in the gas or gases, and then in an atmosphere of known density. Full definition →
Ancient Greek δασύ(ς)