Brix

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪks

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Brix.

Proper noun

Brix (plural Brixes)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Brix is the 35622^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 631 individuals. Brix is most common among White (94.61%) individuals.

Etymology 2

From Adolf Ferdinand Wenceslaus Brix, a German chemist.

Noun

Brix

1. 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

• Synonym: Brix scale

See also

• Baumé
• Balling
• Oechsle

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brix”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 230.

Anagrams

• Birx