galvanometer
- noun
- /ˌɡælvəˈnɑːmɪtər/
- Specialized
:
galvanómetro
- During the experiment, the galvanometer displayed the tiny fluctuations in electrical flow.
- galvanometer mirror
Examples
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He was also responsible for innovations like the mirror galvanometer, which became an essential part of the system.
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This offset in the TES with galvanometer angle and coarse position complicates the task of accurately following the track center.
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Second, the galvanometer is small and capable of excellent servo bandwidth.
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We had another kind of indicator/comparator that used a box with an analog galvanometer and a probe.
Blog text (17) -
Fine tracking is then provided by a tilting mirror galvanometer mounted with the other fixed optical elements.
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The needle was soon replaced by Kelvin's galvanometer, in which a mirror was used as an optical lever to produce a more visible deflection.
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In addition, using a rotating galvanometer mirror (two-dimensional scanner), the optical system can scan a large surface much faster than the mechanical translation of a conventional detector.
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Therefore, the building will be provided with laboratories for optical, spectroscopic, and chemical work, concave grating rooms, large dark rooms, developing, emulsion and enlarging rooms, a galvanometer electronics room, and the large heliostat room.
Academic text (1992) -
Physiological psychologists of the nineteenth century found ways of measuring emotional states by pulse and, more precisely, by clocks (reaction time), galvanometers, pneumographs, and other instruments involving word association.
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The scientist used a galvanometer to measure the small electric currents in the circuit.
Synonyms
An instrument that measures very small electric current using a coil that moves in a magnetic field
An instrument that measures very small electric currents
An instrument with a moving magnet and wire coils that cancels Earth's magnetic field to measure very small electric currents
A device that measures how much electric charge passes in a short burst of current
Compounds
- Specialized
An instrument with a moving magnet and wire coils that cancels Earth's magnetic field to measure very small electric currents
- Archaic
A device that measures how much electric charge passes in a short burst of current
- Specialized
An instrument that measures very small electric current using a coil that moves in a magnetic field
How Sensitive
- Specialized
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
galvanometer = galvano + meter
The term is a technical coinage from the combining form 'galvano-' and the suffix '-meter', but 'galvano-' is not a transparent modern English morpheme for most learners.
Etymology
Galvanometer is named after the Italian scientist Galvani, who first studied electricity using frog legs, and the ending -meter means 'measure', as in thermometer. So a galvanometer is a device that 'measures' very small electric currents.
