absolute electrometer
absolute electrometer
[′ab·sə‚lüt ə‚lek′träm·əd·ər] (electricity)
A very precise type of attracted disk electrometer in which the attraction between two disks is balanced against the force of gravity.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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After Thomson dedicated his genius to the improvement of electrostatic measuring instruments, we obtained
absolute electrometer apparatuses, from which the potential can be read nearly as sharply and easily as the temperature on a thermometer.
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