Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zymometer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: zy-mome-ter
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An instrument for ascertaining the degree of fermentation occasioned by the mixture of different liquids, and the degree of heat which they acquire in fermentation.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζυμόω (zumóō, “to leaven”). By surface analysis, zymo- + -meter.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ζυμόω

Inflected Forms

zymometers (plural)

Synonyms

zymoscope zymosimeter

Questions

What does zymometer mean?: An instrument for ascertaining the degree of fermentation occasioned by the mixture of different liquids, and the degree of heat which they acquire in fermentation.
Where does zymometer come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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