Wien bridge

noun

A kind of bridge circuit for measuring or comparing capacitances.

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Meanings

nounWien bridge (plural Wien bridges)

plural Wien bridges

  1. A kind of bridge circuit for measuring or comparing capacitances.

Origin

After the German physicist Max Wien.

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Wien bridge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wien%20bridge

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“Wien bridge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wien%20bridge. Accessed November 4, 2026.

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