lactometer

[ lak-tom-i-ter ]

/ lækˈtɒm ɪ tər /

an instrument for determining the specific gravity of milk.

Origin of lactometer

First recorded in 1810–20; lacto- + -meter

An instrument called the lactometer is also used, by which the amount of cream present is ascertained.

A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene |Joseph Chrisman Hutchison
The specific gravity of milk is determined by means of the lactometer, an instrument which sinks to a definite point in pure milk.

Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value |Harry Snyder
By means of an inexpensive instrument known as a lactometer, this cheat may easily be detected.

A Civic Biology |George William Hunter
The reading should be taken when the lactometer is floating free in the milk.

The Book of Cheese |Charles Thom and Walter Warner Fisk

Fig. 17, is a number of glass tubes of equal size, set in a frame called a lactometer or cream guage.

Domestic Animals |Richard L. Allen

lactometer

/ (lækˈtɒmɪtə) /

a hydrometer used to measure the relative density of milk and thus determine its quality Also called: galactometer