Brix very similarly to sucrose with respect to specific gravity as a function of concentration, or compounds which are present in small amounts (minerals, hop acids in wort, tannins, acids in must). In any case, even if °Bx are not representative of the exact amount of sugar in a must or fruit juice they can be used for comparison of relative sugar content. As specific gravity was the basis for the Balling, Brix and Plato tables, dissolved sugar content was originally estimated by measurement of specific gravity using a hydrometer or pycnometer. In modern times, hydrometers are still widely used, but
Content (measure theory) any compact "C", λ("C") is the inf of λ("D") for compact sets "D" containing "C" in their interiors. Content (measure theory) In mathematics, a content is a set function like a measure but a content need not be countably additive, but must only be finitely additive. A content is a real function formula_1 defined on a field of sets formula_2 such that An example of a content is a measure, which is a "σ"-additive "content" defined on a "σ"-field. Every (real-valued) measure is a content, but not vice versa. Contents give a good notion of integrating bounded functions on a