voltameter

American  

[vol-tam-i-ter, vohl-] / vɒlˈtæm ɪ tər, voʊl- /

noun

1. a device for measuring the quantity of electricity passing through a conductor by the amount of electrolytic decomposition it produces, or for measuring the strength of a current by the amount of such decomposition in a given time.

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voltameter British  

/ vɒlˈtæmɪtə /

noun

1. another name for coulometer

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Other Word Forms

• voltametric
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of voltameter

1830–40; volta ( see volt ¹) + -meter

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Example Sentences

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voltameter

To prevent these changes having too great an effect on the current, some resistance besides that of the voltameter should be inserted in the circuit.

From Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 by Various

The current, as calculated by the voltameter, corresponds to this reading.

From Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 by Various

It remains for us to describe this voltameter itself, and to show the rendering of it.

From Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 by Various

How to Make a Copper Voltameter.—The second, or copper voltameter, is shown in Fig.

From Electricity for Boys by James Slough Zerbe

The electrochemical apparatus was a voltameter containing a definite compound to be electrolysed, or a voltaic cell or battery.

From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Andrew Gray

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