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Webster 1913 Edition


Electrometer

Eˊlec-trom′e-ter

,
Noun.
[
Electro-
+
-meter
: cf. F.
électromètre
.]
(Physics)
An instrument for measuring the quantity or intensity of electricity; also, sometimes, and less properly, applied to an instrument which indicates the presence of electricity (usually called an electroscope).

Webster 1828 Edition


Electrometer

ELECTROM'ETER

,
Noun.
[L. electrum; Gr. amber, and to measure.]
An instrument for measuring the quantity or intensity of electricity, or its quality; or an instrument for discharging it from a jar.

Definition 2024


electrometer

electrometer

English

Noun

electrometer (plural electrometers)

  1. A device used to detect and measure static electricity; an electroscope.
  2. A precision voltmeter that draws almost no current from the circuit.