Word Meanings - GRAVIMETRIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to measurement by weight; measured by weight. -- Grav"i*met"ric*al*ly, adv. Gravimetric analysis , analysis in which the amounts of the coastituents are determined by weight; -- in distinction from volumetric analysis.

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• MEASURING
  Used in, or adapted for, ascertaining measurements, or dividing by measure. Measuring faucet, a faucet which permits only a given quantity of liquid to pass each time it is opened, or one by means of which the liquid which passes can be measured.
• VOLUMETRIC
  Of or pertaining to the measurement of volume. Volumetric analysis , that system of the quantitative analysis of solutions which employs definite volumes of standardized solutions of reagents, as measured by burettes, pipettes, etc.; also, the
• WEIGHTINESS
  The quality or state of being weighty; weight; force; importance; impressiveness.
• WEIGHTILY
  In a weighty manner.
• GRAVIMETRIC
  Of or pertaining to measurement by weight; measured by weight. -- Grav"i*met"ric*al*ly, adv. Gravimetric analysis , analysis in which the amounts of the coastituents are determined by weight; -- in distinction from volumetric analysis.
• MEASURER
  One who measures; one whose occupation or duty is to measure commondities in market.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• MEASURABLE
  1. Capable of being measured; susceptible of mensuration or computation. 2. Moderate; temperate; not excessive. Of his diet measurable was he. Chaucer. -- Meas"ur*a*ble*ness, n. -- Meas"ur*a*bly, adv. Yet do it measurably, as it becometh
• DISTINCTION
  1. A marking off by visible signs; separation into parts; division. The distinction of tragedy into acts was not known. Dryden. 2. The act of distinguishing or denoting the differences between objects, or the qualities by which one is known from
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• MEASURELESS
  Without measure; unlimited; immeasurable. -- Meas"ure*less*ness, n. Syn. -- Boundless; limitless; endless; unbounded; unlimited; vast; immense; infinite; immeasurable. Where Alf, the sacred river ran, Through canyons measureless to man, Down to
• DETERMINER
  One who, or that which, determines or decides.
• DETERMINIST
  One who believes in determinism. Also adj.; as, determinist theories.
• DETERMINISM
  The doctrine that the will is not free, but is inevitably and invincibly determined by motives. Its superior suitability to produce courage, as contrasted with scientific physical determinism, is obvious. F. P. Cobbe.
• WEIGHT
  The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it. Atomic weight. See under Atomic, and cf. Element. -- Dead weight, Feather weight, Heavy weight, Light weight, etc. See under Dead, Feather, etc. -- Weight of
• DETERMINATIVE
  Having power to determine; limiting; shaping; directing; conclusive. Incidents . . . determinative of their course. I. Taylor. Determinative tables , tables presenting the specific character of minerals, plants, etc., to assist in determining the
• DETERMINATELY
  1. In a determinate manner; definitely; ascertainably. The principles of religion are already either determinately true or false, before you think of them. Tillotson. 2. Resolutely; unchangeably. Being determinately . . . bent to marry. Sir P.
• PERTAIN
  stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
• DETERMINABILITY
  The quality of being determinable; determinableness. Coleridge.
• WEIGHTY
  1. Having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body. 2. Adapted to turn the balance in the mind, or to convince; important; forcible; serious; momentous. "For sundry weighty reasons." Shak. Let me have your advice in a weighty affair. Swift.
• COUNTER WEIGHT
  A counterpoise.
• IMMEASURABLY
  In an immeasurable manner or degree. "Immeasurably distant." Wordsworth.
• WELTERWEIGHT
  1. A weight of 28 pounds (one of 40 pounds is called a heavy welterweight) sometimes imposed in addition to weight for age, chiefly in steeplechases and hurdle races. 2. A boxer or wrestler whose weight is intermediate between that
• IMMEASURED
  Immeasurable. Spenser.
• INDISTINCTION
  Want of distinction or distinguishableness; confusion; uncertainty; indiscrimination. The indistinction of many of the same name . . . hath made some doubt. Sir T. Browne. An indistinction of all persons, or equality of all orders, is far from being
• INDETERMINABLE
  Not determinable; impossible to be determined; not to be definitely known, ascertained, defined, or limited. -- In`de*ter"mi*na*bly, adv.
• ADMEASURE
  To determine the proper share of, or the proper apportionment; as, to admeasure dower; to admeasure common of pasture. Blackstone. 2. The measure of a thing; dimensions; size. (more info) 1. To measure.
• SELF-DETERMINATION
  Determination by one's self; or, determination of one's acts or states without the necessitating force of motives; -- applied to the voluntary or activity.
• REMEASURE
  To measure again; to retrace. They followed him . . . The way they came, their steps remeasured right. Fairfax.
• MICROANALYSIS
  Analysis of the structure of materials from careful observation of photomicrographs.
• OUTMEASURE
  To exceed in measure or extent; to measure more than. Sir T. Browne.
• UNDETERMINABLE
  Not determinable; indeterminable. Locke.
• PREDETERMINATION
  The act of previous determination; a purpose formed beforehand; as, the predetermination of God's will. Hammond.