WHEATSTONE BRIDGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Wheatstone bridge mean? 

• WHEATSTONE BRIDGE (noun)
  The noun WHEATSTONE BRIDGE has 1 sense:

1. a bridge used to measure resistances

  Familiarity information: WHEATSTONE BRIDGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHEATSTONE BRIDGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bridge used to measure resistances

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("Wheatstone bridge" is a kind of...):

bridge; bridge circuit (a circuit consisting of two branches (4 arms arranged in a diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected)