Definition of Rheotome. Meaning of Rheotome. Synonyms of Rheotome

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Definition of Rheotome

Rheotome
Rheotome Rhe"o*tome (-t[=o]m), n. [Gr. "rei^n to flow + te`mnein to cut.] (Elec.) An instrument which periodically or otherwise interrupts an electric current. --Wheatstone.

Meaning of Rheotome from wikipedia

- Rheotome-cylinders and electric-brushes used on Telharmonium (1896)...
- alternators called "rheotomes." Each rheotome was actually a cog with a specific number of notched teeth. As the edge of the rheotome rotated against a...
- potential, by Julius Bernstein, using an apparatus called a "differential rheotome". The journal was mainly published annually until 1874; there were two...
- (1875). "Note sur un rhéotome liquide à direction constante, fondé sur une propriété nouvelle de l'aluminium" [Note on a liquid rheotome with a constant direction...
- in the nervous system. He is credited with invention of a "differential rheotome", a device used to measure the velocity of bio-electric impulses. The German...
- Instruments U.S. patent 0,130,795 – Electro-Magnets U.S. patent 0,131,334 – Rheotomes or Circuit-Directors U.S. patent 0,131,335 – Printing-Telegraphs U.S....