Electrometer
[,ilek'trɒmitә]
Definition
(noun.) meter to measure electrostatic voltage differences; draws no current from the source.
Edited by Fred--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) An instrument for measuring the quantity or intensity of electricity; also, sometimes, and less properly, applied to an instrument which indicates the presence of electricity (usually called an electroscope).
Typist: Vivienne
Examples
- He arranged an electrometer, consisting of an iron needle poised on a pivot, by which to note the action of the magnet. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- 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.
- Lesage, so as to enable him to work with only two wires and one electrometer at each station. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- To produce all the requisite signals with a single pith-ball electrometer, it was necessary to vary the durations of each divergence, and to combine several to form a single symbol. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Each electrometer was to represent a letter of the alphabet, and they were to be brought into action by an excited glass rod. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The first method that suggested itself was to transmit signals by means of pith-ball electrometers. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
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