galvanometer : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: galvanometer	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for galvanometer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
galvanometer n meter for detecting or comparing or measuring small electric currents
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Galvanometer \Gal`vanom"eter\, n. [Galvanic + -meter: cf. F. galvanom[8a]tre.] (Elec.) An instrument or apparatus for measuring the intensity of an electric current, usually by the deflection of a magnetic needle. {Differential galvanometer}. See under {Differental}, a. {Sine galvanometer}, {Cosine galvanometer}, {Tangent galvanometer} (Elec.), a galvanometer in which the sine, cosine, or tangent respectively, of the angle through which the needle is deflected, is proportional to the strength of the current passed through the instrument.