galvanometer

English

Etymology

Luigi Galvani +‎ -o- +‎ -meter

Noun

galvanometer (plural galvanometers)

(physics) A device used to indicate the presence and direction of a small electric current, especially used to detect a null or balanced condition in a bridge circuit.

Derived terms

cosine galvanometer
sine galvanometer
tangent galvanometer

Translations

device to detect electric current

Asturian: galvanómetru m
Catalan: galvanòmetre m
Czech: galvanometr (cs) m
Finnish: galvanometri (fi), kiertokäämimittari (fi)
French: galvanomètre (fr) m

Galician: galvanómetro m
Italian: galvanometro (it) m
Malay: jangka galvani, galvanometer
Romanian: galvanometru (ro) n
Spanish: galvanómetro m

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