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nounmeter for detecting or comparing or measuring small electric currentstype of:
Definition that contains galvanometer
- moving-coil galvanometer a galvanometer that is operated by the force exerted by an electric current flowing in a movable coil suspended in a magnetic field
- radiation pyrometer a pyrometer for estimating the temperature of distant sources of heat; radiation is focussed on a thermojunction connected in circuit with a galvanometer
- ballistic galvanometer a moving-coil galvanometer that measures electric charge