electroscope

See also: électroscope

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

French électro-bor.

Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor.

Latin ēlectrum

Latin electro-bor.

English electro-

Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti

Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai

Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai)

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Hellenic *-ós

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Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ.

Ancient Greek -ός (-ós)

Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós)

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti

Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Ancient Greek -έω (-éō)

Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der.

English -scope

English electroscope

From electro- + -scope.

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Noun

electroscope (plural electroscopes)

1. (physics) a simple device that detects the presence of an electric charge by the mutual repulsion of metal foils or pith balls

Derived terms

• Lauritsen electroscope

Translations

device that detects the presence of an electric charge

• Catalan: electroscopi m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 驗電器 / 验电器 (zh) (yàndiànqì)

• French: électroscope (fr)
• Gujarati: વીજદર્શક (vījdarśak)
• Hindi: विद्युतदर्शी (vidyutdarśī)
• Irish: leictreascóp m
• Italian: elettroscopio (it) m
• Japanese: 検電器 (kendenki)
• Kazakh: электроскоп (élektroskop)
• Korean: 검전기 (ko) (geomjeon'gi)
• Manx: lectroscope m
• Māori: ine-hikotū
• Portuguese: eletroscópio m
• Russian: электроско́п (ru) m (elektroskóp)
• Spanish: electroscopio m
• Tagalog: dagitsipat
• Tamil: மின்காட்டி (miṉkāṭṭi)
• Urdu: برق نما m (barq numā)
• Vietnamese: cái nghiệm tĩnh điện