zymosimeter, n.

zymosimeter
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# zymosimeternoun

## Earlier version

- zymosimeter in OED Second Edition (1989)

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zymosimeter mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zymosimeter. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

#### Entry status

OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.

### Where does the noun zymosimeter come from?

Earliest known use

early 1700s

The earliest known use of the noun zymosimeter is in the early 1700s.

OED's earliest evidence for zymosimeter is from 1704, in the writing of John Harris, writer and lecturer on science.

zymosimeter is a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element.

Etymons: Greek ζύμωσις, ‑meter comb. form2.

### Nearby entries

1. zymology, n. 1753–
2. zymolysis, n. 1890–
3. zymolytic, adj. 1890–
4. zymome, n. 1820–31
5. zymometer, n. 1842–
6. zymophore, adj. 1900–
7. zymophoric, adj. 1902–
8. zymophyte, n. 1890–
9. zymosan, n. 1943–
10. zymoscope, n. 1868–
11. zymosimeter, n.1704–
12. zymosis, n. 1842–
13. zymotechnic, adj. 1896–
14. zymotechnical, adj. 1900–
15. zymotechnologist, n. 1896–
16. zymotechny, n. 1860–
17. zymotic, adj. & n. 1842–
18. zymotoxic, adj. 1902–
19. zymurgy, n. 1868–
20. Zyrian, n. & adj. 1886–
21. zythum, n. 1608–

## Etymology

### Summary

A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element.
Etymons: Greek ζύμωσις, ‑meter comb. form2.
< Greek ζύμωσις (see zymosis n.) + ‑meter comb. form2.

## Meaning & use

1. 1704–
   An instrument for measuring the degree of fermentation of a fermenting liquor.
   1. 1704

      > Zymosimetre.

      J. Harris, Lexicon Technicum vol. I
   2. 1842

      > Zumometer, or Zumosimeter, an instrument intended to show the degree to which fermentation has proceeded in different fermenting liquors.

      W. T. Brande, Dictionary of Science, Literature & Art 1343/2
   1. zymosimeter 1704–
      An instrument for measuring the degree of fermentation of a fermenting liquor.
   2. alcoholometer 1803–
      Any of various instruments for measuring the concentration of alcohol; esp. (a) a hydrometer calibrated to show the proportion of alcohol in an…
   3. alcohometer 1809–
      = alcoholometer, n.
   4. alcoometer 1825–
      = alcoholometer, n.
   5. alcoholmeter 1831–
      = alcoholometer, n.
   6. zymometer 1842–
      = zymosimeter, n.
   7. thief-tube 1877–
      See quot.
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## Forms

### Variant forms

Also zumosimeter.

zymosimeter, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zymosimeter, n. was last modified in July 2023.