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diagometer

diagometer noun: a kind of electroscope in which the dry pile is employed to measure the amount of electricity transmitted by different bodies, or to determine their conductive power.

Noun

diagometer (plural diagometers)

  1. A kind of electroscope in which the dry pile is employed to measure the amount of electricity transmitted by different bodies, or to determine their conductive power.
    • the use of an instrument called a diagometer, constructed so as to show the electrical conductibility of the oil to be examined1857, Pompeius Alexander Bolley, Manual of technical analysis

Forms of diagometer

pluraldiagometers

Origin of diagometer

Ancient Greek

Questions about diagometer

What does diagometer mean?
Diagometer means a kind of electroscope in which the dry pile is employed to measure the amount of electricity transmitted by different bodies, or to determine their conductive power.
What part of speech is diagometer?
Diagometer is a noun.
What is the plural of diagometer?
The plural of diagometer is diagometers.

Words near diagometer in the dictionary

  1. diagnosticity
  2. diagnostick
  3. diagnosticks
  4. diagnostics
  5. diagnoze
  6. diagometer
  7. diagometers
  8. diagonal
  9. diagonal argument
  10. diagonal calendar
  11. diagonal calendars

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