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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of electroscope, consisting of a dry pile and a magnetized needle for an indicator, used for ascertaining the conducting power of different bodies. It was first employed by Rousseau to detect adulterations in olive-oil, which is said to have less conducting power than other fixed oils.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A sort of electroscope, invented by Rousseau, in which the dry pile is employed to measure the amount of electricity transmitted by different bodies, or to determine their conducting power.
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- noun A kind of
electroscope in which the drypile is employed to measure the amount ofelectricity transmitted by different bodies, or to determine theirconductive power.
Etymologies
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