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rheotome

rheotome noun: any instrument that interrupts an electric current.

rheotome: any instrument that interrupts an electric current
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Noun

rheotome (plural rheotomes)

  1. Any instrument that interrupts an electric current.
    • By means of the rheotome, the primary current is broken and closed rapidly, so that the induced current seems almost like a continuous one.1884, George Calvin Pitzer, Electricity in medicine and surgery, page 30

Forms of rheotome

pluralrheotomes

Origin of rheotome

From rheo- (“flow, current”) + -tome (“cutter”), literally “flow cutter”.

Questions about rheotome

What does rheotome mean?
Rheotome means any instrument that interrupts an electric current.
What part of speech is rheotome?
Rheotome is a noun.
What is the plural of rheotome?
The plural of rheotome is rheotomes.

Words near rheotome in the dictionary

  1. rheotacting
  2. rheotan
  3. rheotaxes
  4. rheotaxic
  5. rheotaxis
  6. rheotome
  7. rheotomes
  8. rheotrauma
  9. rheotrope
  10. rheotropes
  11. rheotrophic

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