Wheatstone bridge

Or Wheatstone's bridge

noun

Electricity.

1. a circuit for measuring an unknown resistance by comparing it with known resistances.

Wheatstone bridge

/ ˈwiːtstən /

noun

1. a device for determining the value of an unknown resistance by comparison with a known standard resistance

Word History and Origins

Origin of Wheatstone bridge¹

First recorded in 1870–75; named after C. Wheatstone

Word History and Origins

Origin of Wheatstone bridge¹

C19: named after Sir Charles Wheatstone (1802–75), British physicist and inventor

Example Sentences

The two terminals are carried outside of the respiration chamber to the observer's table, where the temperature fluctuations are measured on a Wheatstone bridge.

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The Port Elizabeth line was then connected up, and by means of a Wheatstone bridge on the lecture table, the resistance of the line was measured.

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This involves the use of the balanced Wheatstone bridge.

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The apparatus consists of a magneto-electric machine AT, which generates the testing current by turning a handle, and a Wheatstone bridge.

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To do this we use an instrument called the Wheatstone bridge.

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