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Definition of Ohmmeter
1. Noun. A meter for measuring electrical resistance in ohms.
Definition of Ohmmeter
1. n. An instrument for indicating directly resistance in ohms.
Definition of Ohmmeter
1. Noun. (physics) A portable device for measuring relatively small values of electrical resistance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ohmmeter
1. an instrument for measuring ohmage [n -S]
Medical Definition of Ohmmeter
1. An instrument for determining the resistance, in ohms, of a conductor. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ohmmeter
Literary usage of Ohmmeter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical Electricity: A Laboratory and Lecture-course, for First Year by William Edward Ayrton (1891)
"ohmmeter.—The necessity of observing two Fig. ... The ohmmeter contains two coils
acting on the same soft iron needle ; one of these coils, cc (Fig. ..."
2. Practical Electricity: A Laboratory and Lecture Course for First Year by William Edward Ayrton (1897)
"Hence an instrument called an "ohmmeter" was devised by Professor Perry and the
... An ohmmeter contains a "current oil" cc (Kg. 119) and a PD or "pressure ..."
3. Experimental Electrical Engineering and Manual for Electrical Testing for by Vladimir Karapetoff (1910)
"Sage ohmmeter. — A convenient portable Wheatstone bridge of the slide-wire type is
... Sage ohmmeter meter, and is intended for all-around practical work, ..."
4. Electrical Engineer's Pocket-book: A Hand-book of Useful Data for by Horatio Alvah Foster (1908)
"Another form of instrument used for measuring resistances is known as the direct
reading ohmmeter. Briefly described it is simply a elide wire bridge, ..."
5. Shop Tests on Electric Car Equipment by Eugene Chilton Parham, J. C. Shedd (1909)
"ohmmeter. 34. An ohmmeter is a slide-wire bridge on the scale of which the ...
The ohmmeter is direct reading as opposed to regular bridges in which ..."
6. A Practical Treatise on Electric Lighting by James Edward Henry Gordon (1884)
"1°4 THE ohmmeter. Professors Ayrton and Perry have arranged an instrument which
they call the ohmmeter (fig. 24), in which the needle is deflected by a coil ..."
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