Galvanometer
[,gælvə'nɒmɪtə] or [,gælvə'nɑmətɚ]
Definition
(noun.) meter for detecting or comparing or measuring small electric currents.
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Definition
(n.) An instrument or apparatus for measuring the intensity of an electric current, usually by the deflection of a magnetic needle.
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Examples
- Attach a closely wound coil to a sensitive galvanometer (Fig. 237); naturally there is no deflection of the galvanometer needle, because there is no current in the wire. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- During the motion of the coil, a strong deflection of the galvanometer is observed; but the deflection ceases as soon as the coil ceases to rotate. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Edison was intolerant of sham and shoddy, and nothing would satisfy him that could not stand cross-examination by microscope, test-tube, and galvanometer. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A device for continuously indicating on a galvanometer the depths of the ocean. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- There was the Thomson reflecting mirror galvanometer and electrometer, while nearby were the standard cells by which the galvanometers were adjusted and standardized. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The galvanometer of Schweigger, 1820--the parent of the needle system. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Put a coil of wire over the end of rod X and passed the ends of spool through galvanometer without affecting it in any way. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The current pressure was regulated by a galvanometer. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The two plates and the carbon button form part of an electric circuit containing a battery and a galvanometer. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A few drops of water or perfume thrown on the floor of a room are sufficient to give a very decided indication on the galvanometer in circuit with the instrument. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Instruments for measuring the strength of currents in units are called ammeters, and the common form makes use of a galvanometer. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The one nearest the Valley Road is called the galvanometer-room, and was originally intended by Edison to be used for the most delicate and minute electrical measurements. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In numbering the group of buildings, the galvanometer-room is No. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Between the poles of a strong magnet suspend a movable coil which is connected with a sensitive galvanometer (Fig. 237). Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- This latter and the metal plate are connected in an electric circuit which includes a battery and a sensitive galvanometer. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The principle of practically all galvanometers is as follows:-- A closely wound coil of fine wire free to rotate is suspended as in Figure 233 between the poles of a strong magnet. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- There was the Thomson reflecting mirror galvanometer and electrometer, while nearby were the standard cells by which the galvanometers were adjusted and standardized. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Current-measuring instruments, or galvanometers, depend for their action on the magnetic properties of current electricity. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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