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Brix scale

–noun Chemistry.
a graduated scale, used on a hydrometer, that indicates the weight of sugar per volumeof solution at a given temperature.

Origin:
1895–1900; named after A. F. W. Brix, 19th-century German inventor
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Brix scale   (brĭks)   
n.  A hydrometer scale for measuring the sugar content of a solution at a given temperature.

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