D'Arsonval galvanometer

Or d'Arsonval galvanometer

[dahr-suhn-vawl, -val]

noun

Electricity.

1. a galvanometer consisting of a large, fixed magnet and a light coil that swings in the magnetic field.

Word History and Origins

Origin of D'Arsonval galvanometer¹

First recorded in 1885–90; named after Jacques A. D'Arsonval (1851–1940), French physicist