Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An instrument used to detect, measure, and determine the direction of small electric currents by means of mechanical effects produced by a current-carrying coil in a magnetic field.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument for detecting the existence and determining the strength and direction of an electric current.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Elec.) An instrument or apparatus for measuring the intensity of an electric current, usually by the deflection of a magnetic needle.
- noun See under
Differental , a. - noun (Elec.) a galvanometer in which the sine, cosine, or tangent respectively, of the angle through which the needle is deflected, is proportional to the strength of the current passed through the instrument.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun physics A
device used toindicate thepresence anddirection of a smallelectric current , especially used todetect anull orbalanced condition in abridge circuit .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun meter for detecting or comparing or measuring small electric currents
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Examples
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Nowadays, since a string galvanometer is available in almost any large hospital, this detail is only of historical importance.
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In electrocardiography the string galvanometer is the most reliable tool.
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If a wire or a nail or a smaller thing is driven through it, and the insulation is spoiled, an instrument called the galvanometer instantly records the fact, and warning is given at all parts of the ship.
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The one nearest the Valley Road is called the galvanometer-room, and was originally intended by Edison to be used for the most delicate and minute electrical measurements.
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The one nearest the Valley Road is called the galvanometer-room, and was originally intended by Edison to be used for the most delicate and minute electrical measurements.
Edison, His Life and Inventions Frank Lewis Dyer 1905
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To accomplish this, we employ an instrument called a galvanometer, or amperemeter, illustrated in Fig. 6, which indicates the exact amount of current being applied.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877
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(fig. 4, _a_), the needle of the galvanometer, which is deflected by the electromagnetic pull of the current, generated under the action of stimulus, just as the mechanical lever was deflected by the mechanical pull of the muscle contracting under stimulus.
Response in the Living and Non-Living Jagadis Chandra Bose 1897
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Lens 6.3 – 63 mm (38 – 380 mm on a 35 mm camera), 10x optical zoom lens, Open f/1.8 (W) – 2.5 (T), galvanometer method structure, AF: 8 groups, 11 lenses (3 aspherical elements, 5 aspherical surfaces), built-in ND filter
Sanyo launches world’s smallest ‘Full HD’ camcorder | Sync Blog 2007
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Acting a scene, Murray's face registers a sequence of emotions as precisely as a galvanometer.
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A reflecting galvanometer covered in Bakelite that's as heavy as a lead brick.
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