Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An instrument for measuring in watts the power flowing in a circuit.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument for measuring in watts the rate of working or the activity in an electric circuit.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physics) An instrument for measuring power in watts, -- much used in measuring the energy of an electric current.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
instrument for measuringelectric power inwatts .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an instrument for measuring in watts the flow of power in an electrical circuit
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Is he classified?" young Warren asked, his eyes glued to the face of the master wattmeter.
"Power" by Harl Vincent, part 9 Johnny Pez 2010
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The master wattmeter showed no change in the total city load.
"Power" by Harl Vincent, part 9 Johnny Pez 2010
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A wattmeter, the device we use in our labs to test TV energy consumption.
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A wattmeter, the device we use in our labs to test TV energy consumption.
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However each house here at Lake Chapala already has a wattmeter pre-installed; it is your CFE electricity meter and the bonus is this method is free.
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However each house here at Lake Chapala already has a wattmeter pre-installed; it is your CFE electricity meter and the bonus is this method is free.
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Watch that wattmeter: It looks as though early estimates of China's future power demands were a tad conservative.
China Power Demand To Be Higher Than Thought Turn Up The Juice 2006
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Two-wattmeter method use: unequal phase loading, non-accessible PEN-conductor; measuring instruments of the same type have to be used result: total power = P1 + P2, when P1 P2, the total power = P1 -
7. Measurement Circuits Klaus Janoske 1991
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Three-wattmeter method use: unequal phase loading, accessible PEN-conductor result: total power = P1 + P2 +
7. Measurement Circuits Klaus Janoske 1991
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Single wattmeter method use: equal phase loading, accessible PEN-conductor result: total power = 3 × measuring result
7. Measurement Circuits Klaus Janoske 1991
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