Associations to the word «Electrometer»

Wiktionary

ELECTROMETER, noun. A device used to detect and measure static electricity; an electroscope.
ELECTROMETER, noun. A precision voltmeter that draws almost no current from the circuit.

Dictionary definition

ELECTROMETER, noun. Meter to measure electrostatic voltage differences; draws no current from the source.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats