nephelometer

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: neph=e=lom=e=ter

CIDE DICTIONARY

nephelometer, n. [Gr. nefe`lh a cloud + -meter.].

•  An instrument for measuring or registering the amount of cloudiness.  [1913 Webster]
•  An instrument which measures the degree to which liquid suspensions scatter light, and by inference, the concentration of scattering particles in the suspension. It is used for various purposes, such as to estimate the number of bacteria in suspension in a liquid.  [PJC]

ROGET THESAURUS

nephelometer

Turbidity

N turbidity, cloudiness, fog, haze, muddiness, haziness, obscurity, nephelometer, turbid, thick, muddy, obfuscated, fuliginous, hazy, misty, foggy, vaporous, nubiferous, cloudy (cloud), smoky, fumid, murky, dirty.