Gluten vs Aleurometer - What's the difference?
gluten | aleurometer |
(obsolete) Fibrin (formerly considered as one of the "animal humours").
*, Bk.I, New York, 2001, p.147:
The major protein in cereal grains, especially wheat; responsible for the elasticity in dough and the structure in baked bread.
* 2010 , Felicity Cloake,
(rare, geology) A gluey, sticky mass of clay, bitumen etc.
* 1988 , James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom , Oxford 2004, p. 669:
An instrument used for the examination of crude gluten as to its power of distending under the influence of heat, as a means of judging of the value of a flour for breadmaking.
English words suffixed with -meter
As nouns the difference between gluten and aleurometer
is that gluten is fibrin (formerly considered as one of the "animal humours") while aleurometer is an instrument used for the examination of crude gluten as to its power of distending under the influence of heat, as a means of judging of the value of a flour for breadmaking.gluten
English
(wikipedia gluten)Noun
- The radical or innate is daily supplied by nourishment, which some call cambium, and make those secondary humours of ros and gluten to maintain it […].
Word of Mouth Blog, The Guardian , 10 Jun 2010:
- Unfortunately, wholemeal bread is, according to many experts, a tricky thing to get right, as the lower gluten content of the flour makes for dense results [...].
- Despite constant rain that turned roads to gluten , the Yankees kept moving.