GALVANOMETER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Meter for detecting or comparing or measuring small electric currents

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Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("galvanometer" is a kind of...):

meter (any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "galvanometer"):

astatic galvanometer (has a moving magnet and astatic coils arranged to cancel the effect of the Earth's magnetic field)

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)

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