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D'Arsonval galvanometer

or d'Arsonval galvanometer

[ 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.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of D'Arsonval galvanometer1

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

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