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  

/ ˌvɒltəˈmɛtrɪk, vɒlˈtæmɪtə /

noun

1. another name for coulometer

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Other Word Forms

• voltametric
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of voltameter

1830–40; volta ( see volt ¹) + -meter

Example Sentences

In order to be able to measure the amount of this action, he invented an instrument which he called a voltameter, or a volta-electrometer.

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents by Lord, John

In employing the silver voltameter to measure currents of about 1 ampere, the following arrangements should be adopted.

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

Industrial Apparatus.—We have shown how the very concise researches of Commandant Renard have fixed the best conditions for the construction of an industrial voltameter.

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

In this way, in comparing the strength of, say, two separate currents, one should have each current pass through the voltameter the same length of time as the other, so as to obtain comparative results.

From Electricity for Boys by Zerbe, James Slough

Of these by far the most important are based on its property of developing light and heat as in the electric spark, chemical action as m the voltameter, and magnetism as in the electromagnet.

From The Story of Electricity by Munro, John