thermoelectrometer
thermoelectrometer noun: an instrument for measuring the strength of an electric current by the heat that it produces, or for determining the heat produced by such a current.
Noun
thermoelectrometer (plural thermoelectrometers)
- An instrument for measuring the strength of an electric current by the heat that it produces, or for determining the heat produced by such a current.
- I have merely the “merit” of suggesting the present application of them; but I think anyone who at all dispassionately considers the nature and construction of my thermoelectrometer, will see that the refined instrument described in the Philosophical Transactions for 1827 is really no copy whatever...1856, Sir W. Snow Harris, “On a General Law of Electrical Discharge”, in The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal
Forms of thermoelectrometer
| plural | thermoelectrometers |
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Origin of thermoelectrometer
From thermo- + electrometer.
Questions about thermoelectrometer
- What does thermoelectrometer mean?
- Thermoelectrometer means an instrument for measuring the strength of an electric current by the heat that it produces, or for determining the heat produced by such a current.
- What part of speech is thermoelectrometer?
- Thermoelectrometer is a noun.
- What is the plural of thermoelectrometer?
- The plural of thermoelectrometer is thermoelectrometers.
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