Definition of Electrometer. Meaning of Electrometer. Synonyms of Electrometer

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Thermoelectrometer
Thermoelectrometer Ther`mo*e`lec*trom"e*ter, n. [Thermo- + electrometer.] (Physics) An instrument for measuring the strength of an electric current in the heat which it produces, or for determining the heat developed by such a current.
Torsion electrometer
Torsion electrometer Tor"sion e*lec*trom"e*ter (Elec.) A torsion balance used for measuring electric attraction or repulsion.
Volta-electrometer
Volta-electrometer Vol`ta-e`lec*trom"e*ter, n. An instrument for the exact measurement of electric currents.

Meaning of Electrometer from wikipedia

- An electrometer is an electrical instrument for measuring electric charge or electrical potential difference. There are many different types, ranging from...
- A Lippmann electrometer is a device for detecting small rushes of electric current and was invented by Gabriel Lippmann in 1873. The device consists of...
- allowed him to develop a sensitive capillary electrometer, subsequently known as the Lippmann electrometer which was used in the first ECG machine. In...
- piezoelectricity. To aid this work they invented the piezoelectric quartz electrometer. The following year they demonstrated the reverse effect: that crystals...
- Faraday cup electrometer is the simplest form of an electrical aerosol instrument used in aerosol studies. It consists of an electrometer and a filter...
- The E-Meter (also electropsychometer and Hubbard Electrometer) is an electronic device used in Scientology that allegedly "registers emotional reactions"...
- Augustus Waller invented an ECG machine consisting of a Lippmann capillary electrometer fixed to a projector. The trace from the heartbeat was projected onto...
- electricity and magnetism. For this, he devised what became one of the first electrometers. From 1772–1773 trips led him to Italy, where he studied Mount Etna...
- instrument that measures electric charge quantitatively is called an electrometer. The electroscope was the first electrical measuring instrument. The...
- and proven to exist in 1912, as the scientist Victor Hess carried an electrometer to various altitudes in a free balloon flight. The nature of these radiations...