Meanings
nounlactometer (plural lactometers)
plural lactometers
- A device that estimates the cream content of milk by measuring its specific gravity.
The lactometer is employed in detecting the adulteration of milk with water; […]
1948, Joseph Price Remington, Practice of Pharmacy, page 63
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Translations
French pèse-lait
- pèse-laitdevice to weight cream
Italian lattodensimetro, lattometro
- lattodensimetrodevice to weight cream
- lattometrodevice to weight cream
Malay jangka laktosa, meter laktosa
- jangka laktosadevice to weight cream
- meter laktosadevice to weight cream
- laktometerdevice to weight cream
Portuguese lactómetro, lactômetro
- lactómetrodevice to weight cream
- lactômetrodevice to weight cream
- galactómetrodevice to weight cream
- galactômetrodevice to weight cream
- lactodensímetrodevice to weight cream
Spanish lactómetro, galactómetro
- lactómetrodevice to weight cream
- galactómetrodevice to weight cream
- lactodensímetrodevice to weight cream
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Cite this entry
APA
lactometer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lactometer
MLA
“lactometer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lactometer. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lactometer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lactometer.
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