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Rheotome
Rhe′o-tome
(rē′ō̍-tōm)
, Noun.
[Gr.
ῥεῖν
to flow + τέμνειν
to cut.] (Elec.)
An instrument which periodically or otherwise interrupts an electric current.
Wheatstone.
Definition 2024
rheotome
rheotome
English
Differential rheotome
Noun
rheotome (plural rheotomes)
- Any instrument that interrupts an electric current.
- 1884, George Calvin Pitzer, Electricity in medicine and surgery, p. 30.
- 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, p. 30.