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Electrometer definition

ĭ-lĕktrŏmĭ-tər, ēlĕk-
An instrument used for measuring voltage.
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A device for detecting or measuring differences of potential by means of electrostatic forces.
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An active circuit arrangement for measuring differences of potential without drawing appreciable current.
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A device used to detect and measure static electricity; an electroscope.
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A precision voltmeter that draws almost no current from the circuit.
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Noun

Singular:
electrometer
Plural:
electrometers

Origin of electrometer

  • electro- +‎ -meter

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Electrometer Sentence Examples

  • The height of the walls in the various observatories, the height of the collectors, and the distance they project from the wall vary largely, and sometimes electrometer, and they sometimes leave hardly a trace on the photographic paper.

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