saccharimeter

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: sac=cha=rim=e=ter

CIDE DICTIONARY

saccharimeter, n. [L. saccharon sugar + -meter: cf. F. saccharimètre.].

 An instrument for ascertaining the quantity of saccharine matter in any solution, as the juice of a plant, or brewers' and distillers' worts.  [1913 Webster]
" The common saccharimeter of the brewer is an hydrometer adapted by its scale to point out the proportion of saccharine matter in a solution of any specific gravity. The polarizing saccharimeter of the chemist is a complex optical apparatus, in which polarized light is transmitted through the saccharine solution, and the proportion of sugar indicated by the relative deviation of the plane of polarization."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

saccharimeter, n. any instrument, esp. a polarimeter, for measuring the sugar content of a solution.

Etymology

F saccharim{egrave}tre (as SACCHARIDE)