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eudiometer (medicine) and Rhode Island (iou)


eudiometer (medicine)


eudiometer
<chemistry> An instrument for the volumetric measurement of gases; so named because frequently used to determine the purity of the air.

It usually consists of a finely graduated and calibrated glass tube, open at one end, the bottom; and having near the top a pair of platinum wires fused in, to allow the passage of an electric spark, as the process involves the explosion and combustion of one of the ingredients to be determined. The operation is conducted in a through of mercury, or sometimes over water. Cf. Burette. Use's ediometer has the tube bent in the form of the letter. U.

Origin: Gr. Fair, clear weather, fr. Fine, clear (said of the air or weather): cf. F. Ediometre.

Source: Websters Dictionary


Rhode Island (iou)



Rhode Island noun phr. L18.
[A State in the north-eastern US.]
Used attrib. to designate plants or animals associated with Rhode Island.
Rhode Island bent (grass) the lawn and pasture grass Agrostis capillaris. Rhode Island GREENING. Rhode Island Red (a bird of) a breed of domestic fowl of American origin, typically having brownish-red plumage. Rhode Island White (a bird of) a white variety of Rhode Island Red.