carbonometer

carbonometer

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.?
Latin carbōlbor.
French carbonebor.
English carbon
Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.
Latin -o-bor.
English -o-
Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-trom
Proto-Hellenic *-tron
Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron)
Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)der.
English -meter
English carbonometer

    From carbon + -o- + -meter.

    Noun

    carbonometer (plural carbonometers)

    1. (obsolete, inorganic chemistry, physical chemistry) An early device for measuring the concentration of carbon dioxide in a gas, by bubbling it through limewater and measuring the cloudiness.
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