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GALVANOMETER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Meter for detecting or comparing or measuring small electric currents
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("galvanometer" is a kind of...):
meter (any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "galvanometer"):
astatic galvanometer (has a moving magnet and astatic coils arranged to cancel the effect of the Earth's magnetic field)
moving-coil galvanometer (a galvanometer that is operated by the force exerted by an electric current flowing in a movable coil suspended in a magnetic field)
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