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gold-leaf galvanoscope

gold-leaf galvanoscope noun: a highly sensitive instrument used to detect the presence and direction of very weak electric currents, operating by suspending a single, extremely thin strip of gold foil inside a specialized magnetic field.

Noun

gold-leaf galvanoscope

  1. (historical) A highly sensitive instrument used to detect the presence and direction of very weak electric currents, operating by suspending a single, extremely thin strip of gold foil inside a specialized magnetic field.

Questions about gold-leaf galvanoscope

What does gold-leaf galvanoscope mean?
Gold-leaf galvanoscope means a highly sensitive instrument used to detect the presence and direction of very weak electric currents, operating by suspending a single, extremely thin strip of gold foil inside a specialized magnetic field.
What part of speech is gold-leaf galvanoscope?
Gold-leaf galvanoscope is a noun.

Words near gold-leaf galvanoscope in the dictionary

  1. gold-leaf
  2. gold-leaf electrometer
  3. gold-leaf electrometers
  4. gold-leaf electroscope
  5. gold-leaf electroscopes
  6. gold-leaf galvanoscope
  7. gold-like
  8. gold-mining
  9. gold-mohr
  10. gold-mohur
  11. gold-mouthed

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