\Sac`cha*rim"e*ter\, n. [L. saccharon sugar +
-meter: cf. F. saccharim[`e]tre.]
An instrument for ascertaining the quantity of saccharine
matter in any solution, as the juice of a plant, or brewers'
and distillers' worts. [Written also {saccharometer}.]
Note: The common saccharimeter of the brewer is an hydrometer
      adapted by its scale to point out the proportion of
      saccharine matter in a solution of any specific
      gravity. The polarizing saccharimeter of the chemist is
      a complex optical apparatus, in which polarized light
      is transmitted through the saccharine solution, and the
      proportion of sugar indicated by the relative deviation
      of the plane of polarization.