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Meaning of "drunkometer" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DRUNKOMETER

drunkometer  [drʌŋˈkɒmɪtə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DRUNKOMETER

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Drunkometer is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DRUNKOMETER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of drunkometer in the English dictionary

The definition of drunkometer in the dictionary is a device for measuring how much alcohol there is on someone's breath; used for detecting drunken drivers.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DRUNKOMETER


accelerometer
ækˌsɛləˈrɒmɪtə
barometer
bəˈrɒmɪtə
diffractometer
ˌdɪfrækˈtɒmɪtə
focometer
fəʊˈkɒmɪtə
hydrometer
haɪˈdrɒmɪtə
inclinometer
ˌɪnklɪˈnɒmɪtə
kilometre
kɪˈlɒmɪtə
mekometer
məˈkɒmɪtə
micrometer
maɪˈkrɒmɪtə
odometer
ɒˈdɒmɪtə
oncometer
ɒŋˈkɒmɪtə
potentiometer
pəˌtɛnʃɪˈɒmɪtə
Snickometer
snɪˈkɒmɪtə
spectrometer
spɛkˈtrɒmɪtə
spectrophotometer
ˌspɛktrəʊfəʊˈtɒmɪtə
speedometer
spɪˈdɒmɪtə
tachometer
tæˈkɒmɪtə
thermometer
θəˈmɒmɪtə
trochometer
trəʊˈkɒmɪtə
viscometer
vɪsˈkɒmɪtə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DRUNKOMETER

drunk
drunk driver
drunk driving
drunk tank
drunkalogue
drunkard
drunkathon
drunken
drunken driving
drunkenly
drunkenness
drupaceous
drupe
drupel
drupelet
Drury Lane
druse
Drusean
Drusian
drusy

WORDS THAT END LIKE DRUNKOMETER

altimeter
centimeter
chronometer
clinometer
Demeter
densitometer
diameter
dosimeter
dynamometer
electricity meter
mass spectrometer
meter
millimeter
multimeter
multiparameter
nanometer
parameter
pedometer
perimeter
peter
voltmeter

Synonyms and antonyms of drunkometer in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «drunkometer» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DRUNKOMETER

Find out the translation of drunkometer to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of drunkometer from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «drunkometer» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

drunkometer
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

drunkometer
570 millions of speakers

English

drunkometer
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

drunkometer
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

drunkometer
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

drunkometer
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

drunkometer
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

drunkometer
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

drunkometer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Drunkometer
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

drunkometer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

drunkometer
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

drunkometer
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Drunkometer
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

drunkometer
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

drunkometer
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

झिंगलेला
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

drunkometer
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

drunkometer
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

drunkometer
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

drunkometer
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

drunkometer
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

drunkometer
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

drunkometer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

drunkometer
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

drunkometer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of drunkometer

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DRUNKOMETER»

The term «drunkometer» is used very little and occupies the 187.413 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DRUNKOMETER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about drunkometer

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRUNKOMETER»

Discover the use of drunkometer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to drunkometer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
State Trooper: America's State Troopers and Highway Patrolmen
Drunkometer/Breathalyzer. As early as 1933, Indiana University Medical Center biochemist Dr. Rollo N. Harger had conduct a police school that trained 40 police officers each year to recognize drunk drivers and use existing equipment to ...
Marilyn Olsen, 2001
2
Forensic Science: An Encyclopedia of History, Methods, and ...
The first breath-testing instrument to be used by police was the Drunkometer, invented by Dr. Rolla N. Harger and introduced to New Year's revelers by the Indiana police on December 31, 1938. Yet again, a development in forensic science ...
William J. Tilstone, Kathleen A. Savage, Leigh A. Clark, 2006
3
The Troopers Are Coming II: New York State Troopers 1943-1985
Alcohol Measuring Devices HARGER DRUNKOMETER The first “drunkometer” was designed and built in 1931. An improved version was introduced in 1936 and was first used by the Indiana State Police. Dr. Rolla N. Harger, a professor on  ...
Albert S. Kurek, 2007
4
Health, Medical and Drug Factors in Highway Safety: ...
'•The saving of at least four lives can be directly attributed to the "Drunkometer" used by the Vancouver, Washington police department for the past three years, according to Chief Harry Diamond . The four persons mentioned had shown ...
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Highway Safety Research, 1954
5
Alcohol in Popular Culture: An Encyclopedia
A biochemist and toxicologist, Harger in 1938 developed the “Drunkometer,” a device that estimated the alcohol level in a person's system by measuring the alcohol content in the person's breath. With the Drunkometer a driver's breath sample ...
Rachel Black, 2010
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One for the Road: Drunk Driving since 1900
“The use of the Drunkometer assures an honest prosecution and eliminates the chance of error under the Drunk Motor Law,” a Detroit police official stated. Commentators often remarked that science had now entered the field. As a New York ...
Barron H. Lerner, 2011
7
Alcohol and Drugs in North America: A Historical ...
Unlike the Drunkometer, these new inventions were portable and required no recalibration each time they were moved. The original instruments estimated blood alcohol content (BAC) through means of a chemical reaction. In the Drunkometer ...
David M. Fahey, 2013
8
Forensic Chemistry
The first device for measuring the BAC of a person's breath was the Drunkometer, invented by Rolla Harger, professor of biochemistry at Indiana University. The Drunkometer consisted of a balloon into which a person exhaled. The air in the ...
David E. Newton, 2009
9
IUPUI--the Making of an Urban University
An early example from the School of Medicine faculty would be the inventive Dr. Rolla Harger, who is best known to the outside world (and countless numbers of drunken driving suspects) as the inventor of the "Drunkometer." As he explained  ...
Ralph D. Gray, 2003
10
Civic Administration
By LES EDWARDS Saskatoon police started recently to use the Harger Drunkometer — the first prairie city to test individuals suspected of drunken or impaired driving in this manner. The use of the Drunkometer was accepted as corroborative ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRUNKOMETER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term drunkometer is used in the context of the following news items.
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News Scraps: Good Stuff That Didn't Make Headlines
Robert Frank Borkenstein, who worked in lab services for the Indiana state police, first developed a device called the Drunkometer. In 1953, he ... «WGBH NEWS, Jun 15»
2
Marijuana Policy Perspective: How Much is Too Much?
DUI is, in some ways, the ultimate trial by machine. First, a machine measures the alcohol in the breath. We had the "Drunkometer" in the 30s, ... «ACLU of Northern California, Apr 15»
3
'Spirited Republic' Examines America's Checkered Relationship …
The collection includes an early “drunkometer,” the grandfather to the modern breathalyzer; a first-edition of “Alcoholics Anonymous,” the text at ... «DCist.com, Mar 15»
4
Today in Lab History: Rolla N. Harger
The Drunkometer was introduced when alcohol was a major political issue — at the end of the prohibition era, when alcohol was still outlawed ... «Laboratory Equipment, Jan 15»
5
December 31 in history: Thomas Edison gave 1st public demo of …
1938: The first breath test for drivers in drunkometer was introduced in Indianapolis, USA. 1944: Hungary declares war on Germany. 1946: US ... «Oneindia, Dec 14»
6
Washington State Patrol Unveils New Breathalyzer Machines
On the table during the demonstration was a model of the Harger Drunkometer, invented by a professor at Indiana University in 1938. «KUOW News and Information, Nov 14»
7
Korean SMEs Show Off Techs at IFA 2014
... of precision measuring instruments, drew buyers' attention by showcasing the world's first smartphone-based drunkometer at this year's IFA. «BusinessKorea, Sep 14»
8
The Path to Safer Guns
These problems prompted technological solutions: the invention in 1936 of the Drunkometer, a tool used to analyze a driver's blood alcohol ... «Huffington Post, Jul 14»
9
Orla O'Sullivan: After all these years, could it be that we're finally …
... wearer's inebriation, whether, say, falling down doing "Irish yoga" or by depicting a drunkometer with "Irish" as the extreme, beyond "drunk". «Irish Independent, Mar 14»
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Former Alaska resident sends in a collection of Sourdough Jack …
“I took one of them drunkometer tests myself. Police weren't very pleased with the results. It took 'em three days to sober up the machine.”. «Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Mar 14»

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