galvanometer

English

Etymology

Luigi Galvani +‎ -o- +‎ -meter

Noun

galvanometer (plural galvanometers)

1. (physics) A device used to indicate the presence and direction of a small electric current, especially used to detect a null or balanced condition in a bridge circuit.

Derived terms

• cosine galvanometer
• sine galvanometer
• tangent galvanometer

Translations

device to detect electric current

• Asturian: galvanómetru m
• Catalan: galvanòmetre m
• Czech: galvanometr (cs) m
• Finnish: galvanometri (fi), kiertokäämimittari (fi)
• French: galvanomètre (fr) m
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• Galician: galvanómetro m
• Italian: galvanometro (it) m
• Malay: jangka galvani, galvanometer
• Romanian: galvanometru (ro) n
• Spanish: galvanómetro m