Wheatstone bridge
English
editEtymology
editAfter Sir Charles Wheatstone, who improved and popularized the original (1833) invention of Samuel Hunter Christie.
Noun
editWheatstone bridge (plural Wheatstone bridges)
- An instrument used to measure an unknown electrical resistance by balancing two legs of a bridge circuit, one leg of which includes the unknown component.
Translations
editinstrument used to measure an unknown electrical resistance
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