launderometer
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a trademark, Launder-Ometer, from launder + -o- + -meter.
Noun
[edit]launderometer (plural launderometers)
- A device with rotating cylinders for measuring the cleanability or colorfastness of cloth in a given liquid.
- 1944, Experiment Station Record, volume 91, United States: Office of Experiment Stations, page 108:
- These test fabrics were washed in launderometers and graded on photometers.
- 2005, Kuo-Yann Lai, Liquid Detergents, page 288:
- Although this method does not permit testing in as controlled a fashion as the launderometers, they do predict consumer-relevant behavior.