[f. L. absorpt-um or ? absorptiōn-em (see next) + -METER = Gr. μέτρον measure, measurer.] An instrument for measuring the amount of absorption of gases in various liquids.
1879. Wroblewski, in Nature, XXI. 191. The absorptiometer which I have constructed for the determination of the coefficients of absorption, consists of glass throughout.
