ballistic galvanometer

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noun Electricity.

a galvanometer used to measure the quantity of electricity in a current of short duration.

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Origin of ballistic galvanometer

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby ballistic galvanometer

Balliol, ballism, ballista, ballistic, ballistic camera, ballistic galvanometer, ballistic missile, ballistic pendulum, ballistics, ballistic trajectory, ballistic wind

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How to use ballistic galvanometer in a sentence

And the Republicans are going to go ballistic, especially on immigration.
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Russia is also working on new a fleet of ballistic missile submarines, attack submarines to operate under the ice caps.
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Our right wing went absolutely ballistic this past summer over 60,000 kids, who came here for reasons we helped create.
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The latest showdown between the U.S. and Russia could go ballistic.
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The S-300 deploys sophisticated radars, launch vehicles and missiles to shoot aircraft and even ballistic missiles out of the sky.
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The mirror receiving instrument employed was the heavy prototype of the delicate reflecting galvanometer of Sir William Thomson.
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Meta took the ship into the stratosphere, in a high ballistic arc that ended at the islands.
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The older or moving-magnet type of galvanometer is similar to the galvanoscope mentioned in Art. 239.
Physics|Willis Eugene Tower
The moving-coil type of galvanometer (see Fig. 245) consists of a large magnet fastened to the frame of the device.
Physics|Willis Eugene Tower
In place of a shunt, the voltmeter uses a coil of wire of high resistance (see R, Fig. 249) in series with the galvanometer coil.
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British Dictionary definitions for ballistic galvanometer

ballistic galvanometer

noun

physics a type of galvanometer for measuring surges of current. After deflection the instrument returns slowly to its original reading

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