galvanometer
pronunciation
How to pronounce galvanometer in British English:
UK [ˌgælvə'nɒmɪtə]
How to pronounce galvanometer in American English:
US [ˌgælvə'nɒmətə]
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- Noun:
- meter for detecting or comparing or measuring small electric currents
Word Origin
- galvanometer (n.)
- instrument for detecting and measuring electric current, 1801, from galvano-, used as a comb. form of galvanism + -meter. Related: Galvanometric. Galvanoscope "instrument for detecting and determining the direction of electric current" is from 1832.
Example
- 1. He slid a magnetic around the coils of a wire attached to a galvanometer .
- 2. To detect engrams hubbard adopted a battery-powered galvanometer with a needle dial wired to two empty tin cans .
- 3. The coil acted as a loop antenna and received the electromagnetic radiation , which was received ( detected ) by the galvanometer - the work of an antenna .
- 4. Measurement on the sensibility of galvanometer and outer critical damping resistance .