ballistic galvanometer
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ballistic galvanometer
[bə′lis·tik ‚gal·və′näm·əd·ər] (electricity)
A galvanometer having a long period of swing so that the deflection may measure the electric charge in a current pulse or the time integral of a voltage pulse.
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