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Meaning of ELECTROMETER

Pronunciation:  ilek'trâmitur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  meter to measure electrostatic voltage differences; draws no current from the source
 
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\E`lec*trom"e*ter\, n. [Electro- + -meter: cf. F.
['e]lectrom[`e]tre.] (Physics)
An instrument for measuring the quantity or intensity of
electricity; also, sometimes, and less properly, applied to
an instrument which indicates the presence of electricity
(usually called an electroscope).
{Balance electrometer}. See under {Balance}.
 

 

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