Definition of Rheocord

1. a wire rheostat [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rheocord

rheinberry
rhematic
rheme
rhemes
rhemish
rhenian
rhenium
rheniums
rheo-
rheobase
rheobases
rheobasic
rheocardiography
rheochord
rheochrysidin
rheocord (current term)
rheocords
rheoencephalogram
rheoencephalography
rheogoniometer
rheogoniometers
rheogram
rheography
rheologic
rheological
rheological lithosphere
rheologically
rheologies
rheologist
rheologists

Literary usage of Rheocord

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Laboratory Guide in Physiology by Winfield Scott Hall (1897)
"the simple rheocord, or (b.) the Ludwig compensator. Besides the methods already used for varying the strength of the current one may use the derived ..."

2. Electricity and the Electric Telegraph by George Bartlett Prescott (1888)
"For making exact measurements of small resistances Poggen- dorff's rheocord is admirably adapted. Fig. 114 will serve to illustrate the construction of the ..."

3. An Introduction to Physiology by William Townsend Porter (1901)
"THE ELECTROMETER, THE rheocord, AND THE CELL In order to study differences in electrical potential, a galvanometer or some other electrometer is necessary. ..."

4. A Manual of Physiology: With Practical Exercises by George Neil Stewart (1918)
"A rheocord is an instrument by means of which a current may be divided, and a definite portion of it sent through a tissue (Fig. 233). ..."

5. A Text-book of Physiology: Normal and Pathological. For Students and by Winfield Scott Hall (1905)
"Du Bois-Reymond contrived an instrument which accomplishes this result, the rheocord (Fig. 26). The Du Bois-Reymond rheocord differs from the rheostat FIO. ..."

6. The Elements of Physiological Physics: An Outline of the Elementary Facts by Joseph M'Gregor Robertson (1884)
"The rheocord musi always be connected in short circuit.—Thus, in Fig. 42, let E be the element ; bring two wires from it, one, nl to a, at one side, ..."

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