oxymeter rare—0.
(ɒkˈsɪmɪtə(r))
[ad. mod.L. oxymetrum: see oxy- 2 and -meter.]
= eudiometer. So oxyˈmetric a., measured in regard to the amount of oxygen.
| 1857 Mayne Expos. Lex., Oxymetrum, a measurer of oxygen: an oximeter; another name for the instrument called a eudiometer. 1876 tr. Schützenberger's Ferment. 111 We may previously determine the oxymetric value of the hyposulphite, the volume of oxygen which is required to saturate the unit of volume of the solution. |