electrometer

[ ih-lek-trom-i-ter, ee-lek- ]

/ ɪ lɛkˈtrɒm ɪ tər, ˌi lɛk- /

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noun

a calibrated device used for measuring extremely low voltages.

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Origin of electrometer

First recorded in 1945–50; electro- + -meter

OTHER WORDS FROM electrometer

e·lec·tro·met·ric

[ih-lek-troh-me-trik], /ɪˌlɛk troʊˈmɛ trɪk/, e·lec·tro·met·ri·cal, adjectivee·lec·tro·met·ri·cal·ly, adverbe·lec·trom·e·try, noun

Words nearby electrometer

electromechanical, electromechanical dissociation, electromerism, electrometallurgy, electrometeor, electrometer, electromotive, electromotive force, electromotive series, electromyogram, electromyograph

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How to use electrometer in a sentence

The electrometer remains as indifferent to the solicitations of the tables as does the mariner's compass.
Mysterious Psychic Forces|Camille Flammarion
Attach to it a common pith-ball electrometer, and then let your medium place his hands upon the board.
The Salem witchcraft, The planchette mystery, and Modern spiritualism|Harriet Beecher Stowe
Moreover, it does not require correction for electrometer leakage, as generally happens when more elaborate appliances are used.
On Laboratory Arts|Richard Threlfall
When accurate quantitative measurements have to be made, an instrument called an electrometer is used.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia|Various

Essentially an electrometer consists of a light suspended conductor which moves within four fixed quadrants.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia|Various

British Dictionary definitions for electrometer

electrometer

/ (ɪlɛkˈtrɒmɪtə, ˌiːlɛk-) /

noun

an instrument for detecting or determining the magnitude of a potential difference or charge by the electrostatic forces between charged bodies

Derived forms of electrometer

electrometric (ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈmɛtrɪk) or electrometrical, adjectiveelectrometrically, adverbelectrometry, noun

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