gravimetric

Thân thiện

A scientist performs a gravimetric analysis on a soil sample.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Relating to measurement by weight: "gravimetric" describes methods, analyses, or processes that involve the precise measurement of mass or weight.
   • Pertaining to the measurement of density or specific gravity: In scientific contexts, particularly in chemistry and physics, it refers to techniques based on weighing.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The chemist performed a gravimetric analysis to determine the purity of the compound.
  • Gravimetric methods are highly accurate for quantifying the amount of a substance in a sample.

Advanced Usage

• "gravimetric analysis": A quantitative analytical technique where the amount of a substance is determined by measuring the mass of a pure, isolated product.

  • In the lab, we used gravimetric analysis to calculate the sulfate content in the water sample.

• "gravimetric density": A measurement of mass per unit volume, often used in materials science.

  • The gravimetric density of the new alloy is critical for its aerospace application.

Variants and Related Words

• Gravimetry (n): The measurement of weight or the branch of science concerned with such measurements.

  • Gravimetry is essential in geophysics for studying Earth's gravitational field.

• Gravimetrically (adv): In a manner relating to or by means of gravimetric measurement.

  • The concentration was determined gravimetrically.

Synonyms

• By weight: Measured according to mass.
• Weight-based: Involving or determined by weighing.

Related Phrases

(Note: "gravimetric" is a technical adjective and does not commonly form phrasal verbs or idioms.)

Học thuật

Adjective

1. of or relating to hydrometry

Từ đồng nghĩa

• hydrometric