Brix
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɪks
Etymology 1[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Brix (plural Brixes)
- A surname from German.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Brix is the 35622nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 631 individuals. Brix is most common among White (94.61%) individuals.
Etymology 2[edit]
From Adolf Ferdinand Wenceslaus Brix, a German chemist.
Noun[edit]
Brix
- A measure (in degrees) of the amount of dissolved solids in a liquid via its specific gravity; used especially to measure dissolved sugar in fruit juice and wine.
Related terms[edit]
- Synonym: Brix scale
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brix”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 230.
Anagrams[edit]
Categories:
- Rhymes:English/ɪks
- Rhymes:English/ɪks/1 syllable
- English terms borrowed from German
- English terms derived from German
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from German
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with unknown or uncertain plurals
- English eponyms