Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An instrument used for measuring voltage.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument for measuring difference of electrostatic potential between two conductors. See
potential .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physics) 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 ). - noun See under
Balance .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a device used to detect and measure
static electricity ; anelectroscope - noun a
precision voltmeter that draws almost nocurrent from the circuit
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun meter to measure electrostatic voltage differences; draws no current from the source
Etymologies
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Examples
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Her sensitive awareness to subtle natural effects were such that Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William's friend and fellow poet, considered her to be the equivalent of a perfect "electrometer" -- a "fragile piece of gold" able to measure tiny changes in electrical pulses.
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In the mid-1880s, Pierre Curie had used minuscule quartz crystals to craft an instrument called an electrometer, capable of measuring exquisitely small doses of energy.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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In the mid-1880s, Pierre Curie had used minuscule quartz crystals to craft an instrument called an electrometer, capable of measuring exquisitely small doses of energy.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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In the mid-1880s, Pierre Curie had used minuscule quartz crystals to craft an instrument called an electrometer, capable of measuring exquisitely small doses of energy.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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In the Memoirs of the Roman Academy of Sciences for 1857 he published a description of his new divided ring electrometer, which is based on the old electroscope of Bohnenberger and since then he has introduced
Heroes of the Telegraph John Munro 1889
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The latest case follows a complaint from two women, one of whom says she was manipulated into handing over 20,000 euros for costly products, including an "electrometer" to measure mental energy.
Raw Story 2009
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The latest case follows a complaint from two women, one of whom says she was manipulated into handing over €20 000 for costly products, including an "electrometer" to measure mental energy.
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He also developed numerous other instruments, including the manometer, cyanometer, diaphonometer, anemometer and mountain eudiometer, the first electrometer (1766), a device for measuring electric potential by means of attraction or repulsion of charged bodies, and the first hygrometer, utilizing a human hair to measure humidity (1783).
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She says she was pressured to spend more than $28,000 for courses, books, illegally prescribed drugs and an “electrometer” that was supposed to measure fluctuations in her mental state, according to the BBC.
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In a postscript, he added, "I bring with me a sensitive thread electrometer with a voltammeter and my institute in Göteborg Högskola, Sweden, will provide me with the necessary resources for my work."
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