Definition of "salimeter" []

• A specially graduated hydrometer that directly indicates the concentration of salt in a solution. Also called salinometer. (noun)

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• "The piece of apparatus used for the purpose is endowed with a variety of names -- sp.g. spindle, hydrometer, areometer, salimeter, alcoholimeter, lactometer, and so on, according to the special liquid upon which it is intended to be used."