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ASTATIC GALVANOMETER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Has a moving magnet and astatic coils arranged to cancel the effect of the Earth's magnetic field
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("astatic galvanometer" is a kind of...):
galvanometer (meter for detecting or comparing or measuring small electric currents)
Meronyms (parts of "astatic galvanometer"):
astatic coils (an arrangement of coils used in sensitive electrical instruments; the coils are arranged to give zero resultant external magnetic field when a current passes through them and to have zero electromotive force induced in them by an external magnetic field)
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