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MOVING-COIL GALVANOMETER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does moving-coil galvanometer mean?
• MOVING-COIL GALVANOMETER (noun)
The noun MOVING-COIL GALVANOMETER has 1 sense:
1. a galvanometer that is operated by the force exerted by an electric current flowing in a movable coil suspended in a magnetic field
Familiarity information: MOVING-COIL GALVANOMETER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MOVING-COIL GALVANOMETER (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A galvanometer that is operated by the force exerted by an electric current flowing in a movable coil suspended in a magnetic field
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("moving-coil galvanometer" is a kind of...):
galvanometer (meter for detecting or comparing or measuring small electric currents)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "moving-coil galvanometer"):
ballistic galvanometer (a moving-coil galvanometer that measures electric charge)
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