DENSITOMETER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does densitometer mean? 

• DENSITOMETER (noun)
  The noun DENSITOMETER has 2 senses:

1. a measuring instrument for determining optical or photographic density

2. a measuring instrument for determining density or specific gravity

  Familiarity information: DENSITOMETER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DENSITOMETER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A measuring instrument for determining optical or photographic density

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("densitometer" is a kind of...):

measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "densitometer"):

microphotometer (special kind of densitometer that measures density variations over a very small area)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A measuring instrument for determining density or specific gravity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

densimeter; densitometer

Hypernyms ("densitometer" is a kind of...):

measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "densitometer"):

dasymeter (densimeter consisting of a thin glass globe that is weighed in a gas to determine its density)