Section 33.2. Definitions  


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  • The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

    API—American Petroleum Institute.

    Automatic temperature compensator—A device interfaced with a meter for automatically adjusting the indication and registration of the measured volume of product dispensed to the volume of 60°F.

    Bureau—The Bureau of Standard Weights and Measures of the Department.

    Department—The Department of Agriculture of the Commonwealth.

    Hydrometer—An instrument for determining the specific gravity of a liquid.

    Specific gravity—The ratio of the density of a liquid to the density of pure water.

    Thermal expansion rate—The amount at which a volume of liquid will contract or expand per degree Fahrenheit.