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Definition of Electrometer
1. Noun. Meter to measure electrostatic voltage differences; draws no current from the source.
Definition of Electrometer
1. 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).
Definition of Electrometer
1. Noun. a device used to detect and measure static electricity; an electroscope ¹
2. Noun. a precision voltmeter that draws almost no current from the circuit ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Electrometer
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Medical Definition of Electrometer
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Electrometer
Literary usage of Electrometer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Kelvin'* Ab- There is a certain fixed guard disk В solute electrometer. having
... Symmetrical electrometers include the dry pile electrometer and Kelvin's ..."
2. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1904)
"readings multiplied by a constant to be determined for each electrometer gives the
... This condition is fulfilled by Thomson's Quadrant electrometer. ..."
3. Science Abstracts by Institution of Electrical Engineers (1900)
"The apparatus used to prove this is shown in the diagram, where M is a thin sheet
of metal connected with an electrometer, and enclosed in a box ABCD of a ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"to the square of the potential of the body connected with K, provided the capacity
of the electrometer be negligible compared with that of 'the body. ..."
5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1896)
"V. " On the Calibration of the Capillary electrometer." By GEORGE J. BURCH, MA
Communicated by Professor B. PRICE. FRS Received June 24,. ..."
6. A Text-book of Physics by William Watson (1911)
"The absolute electrometer, although it permits of pur measuring a given potential
... Hence another form of electrometer, called the quadrant electrometer, ..."
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