Associations to the word «Galvanometer»

Wiktionary

GALVANOMETER, noun. (physics) A device used to indicate the presence and direction of a small electric current, especially used to detect a null or balanced condition in a bridge circuit.

Dictionary definition

GALVANOMETER, noun. Meter for detecting or comparing or measuring small electric currents.

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