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galvanometer

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gal·​va·​nom·​e·​ter | \ ˌgal-və-ˈnä-mə-tər How to pronounce galvanometer (audio) \

Definition of galvanometer

: an instrument for detecting or measuring a small electric current by movements of a magnetic needle or of a coil in a magnetic field
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galvanometric \ ˌgal-​və-​nō-​ˈme-​trik How to pronounce galvanometric (audio) \ adjective

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 The Cybraphon’s emotions are accessible via a Twitter feed but also appear on a on a 100 year-old galvanometer housed in the wardrobe (pictured above). — Priya Ganapati, WIRED, "Robot Band Plays Music, Obsesses About its Online Followers," 31 July 2009

First Known Use of galvanometer

1802, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for galvanometer

galvan(ic) + -o- + -meter

Note: Term apparently introduced by the British scientist William Haseldine Pepys (1775-1856) in "Description of a newly invented Galvanometer, and an Account of some Experiments with Voltaʼs Pile upon several of the Gases," The Philosophical Magazine, vol. 10 (1801), pp. 38-42.

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galvanometer

noun
gal·​va·​nom·​e·​ter | \ ˌgal-və-ˈnäm-ət-ər How to pronounce galvanometer (audio) \

Medical Definition of galvanometer

: an instrument for detecting or measuring a small electric current by movements of a magnetic needle or of a coil in a magnetic field

Other Words from galvanometer

galvanometric \ -​nō-​ˈme-​trik How to pronounce galvanometric (audio) \ adjective

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