ELECTROMETER

electrometer

(noun) meter to measure electrostatic voltage differences; draws no current from the source

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

electrometer (plural electrometers)

A device used to detect and measure static electricity; an electroscope.

A precision voltmeter that draws almost no current from the circuit.

Source: Wiktionary


E`lec*trom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Electro- + -meter: cf. F. électromètre.] (Physics)

Definition: 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). Balance electrometer. See under Balance.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”


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