Brix scale

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Brix scale (br

ks)

A hydrometer scale for measuring the sugar content of a solution at a given temperature.

[After Adolf F. Brix (1798-1870), German scientist.]

Brix scale [brɪks]

(Physics / General Physics) a scale for calibrating hydrometers used for measuring the concentration and density of sugar solutions at a given temperature

[named after A. F. W. Brix, 19th-century German inventor]

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Brix scale - a system for measuring the concentration of sugar solutions

system of measurement, metric - a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic

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