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electrometry

electrometry noun: the art or process of taking electrical measurements.

Noun

electrometry (uncountable)

  1. The art or process of taking electrical measurements.
    • As electrometry was refined, it became clear that nerves in action exhibited unusual electrical variations. Emil Du Bois-Reymond had shown that electrical current decreased when a nerve was stimulated, a phenomenon he called the "negative variation."2013, William J. Turkel, Spark from the Deep: How Shocking Experiments with Strongly Electric Fish Powered Scientific Discovery

Origin of electrometry

From electro- + -metry.

Words formed from electrometry

Questions about electrometry

What does electrometry mean?
Electrometry means the art or process of taking electrical measurements.
What part of speech is electrometry?
Electrometry is a noun.

Words near electrometry in the dictionary

  1. electromethanogenesis
  2. electromethanogenic
  3. electrometric
  4. electrometrical
  5. electrometrically
  6. electrometry
  7. electromicrobalance
  8. electromicrobalances
  9. electromicrobial
  10. electromicrobiological
  11. electromicrobiology

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