Voltmeter
['vəʊltmiːtə;'vɒlt-] or ['volt'mitɚ]
Definition
(noun.) meter that measures the potential difference between two points.
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Definition
(n.) An instrument for measuring in volts the differences of potential between different points of an electrical circuit.
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Examples
- The station had neither voltmeter nor ammeter. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Voltmeters (Fig. 236), or instruments for measuring voltage, are like ammeters except that a wire of very high resistance is in circuit with the movable coil. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The indicating instruments were of the crudest construction, consisting of two voltmeters connected by pressure wires to the centre of electrical distribution. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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