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stalagmometer(dictionary)

Asti (iou) and stalagmometer (medicine)


Asti (iou)



Asti noun. ['asti] M19.
[A province in Piedmont, NW Italy.]
A still or (esp.) sparkling white Wine from Asti.
Asti spumante sparkling Asti.

stalagmometer (medicine)


stalagmometer


An instrument for determining exactly the number of drops in a given quantity of liquid; used as a measure of the surface tension of a fluid (the lower the tension, the smaller the drops and, consequently, the more numerous in a given quantity of the fluid).

Synonym: stactometer.

Origin: G. Stalagma, a drop, + metron, measure