Definitions for Breathalyzer
ˈbrɛθ əˌlaɪ zərbreath·a·lyz·er

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. breathalyzer, breathalysernoun

   a device that measures chemicals (especially the alcohol content) in a person's expired breath

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1. breathalyzernoun

   A device that measures alcohol in expired air so as to estimate the concentration of alcohol in a person's blood; used by traffic police in cases of suspected driving while under the influence of alcohol.

2. Etymology: A portmanteau word from breath and analyzer. Originally a trademark of Smith & Wesson.

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1. Breathalyzer

   A breathalyzer or breathalyser (a portmanteau of breath and analyzer/analyser) is a device for estimating blood alcohol content (BAC), or to detect viruses or diseases from a breath sample. The name is a genericized trademark of the Breathalyzer brand name of instruments developed by inventor Robert Frank Borkenstein in the 1950s.

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1. Breathalyzer

   A breathalyzer or breathalyser is a device for estimating blood alcohol content from a breath sample. Breathalyzer is the brand name of a series of models made by one manufacturer of breath alcohol testing instruments, and is a registered trademark for such instruments. In Canada, a preliminary non-evidentiary screening device can be approved by Parliament as an approved screening device, and an evidentiary breath instrument can be similarly designated as an approved instrument. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration maintains a Conforming Products List of breath alcohol devices approved for evidentiary use, as well as for preliminary screening use.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Breathalyzer in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Breathalyzer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Breathalyzer in a Sentence

1. Russ Martin:

   Right now, we don’t have a nationally agreed upon way to test drivers for drug impairment similar to a breathalyzer or blood test for alcohol.

2. Barry Knott:

   I think the first breathalyzer on the market will be a simple 'yes' or 'no' for the presence of THC at the time of the test, and in that sense it won't provide a quantitative evidential measure.

3. Barry Knott:

   I think the first breathalyzer on the market will be a simple' yes' or' no' for the presence of THC at the time of the test, and in that sense it won't provide a quantitative evidential measure.

4. Owlstone Medical Billy Boyle:

   The challenge is most people present when it's very late stage, and it's about managing symptoms as opposed to curing them. So the key thing that you can do is detect the disease early; and that's what we think the breathalyzer technology allows for.

5. Owlstone Medical Billy Boyle:

   Historically chemical analyzers take up half the size of a room and cost half a million dollars. So what we've been able to do is use microchip technology to shrink it down from these massive devices to something about the size of a button. And once it's in that form factor, you can build it directly into these disease breathalyzer technologies.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Breathalyzer
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Breathalyzer
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breathalyzer
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Breathalyzer