inductometer

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noun

An instrument for measuring the degree or rate of electrical induction.

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Meanings

nouninductometer (plural inductometers)

plural inductometers

  1. An instrument for measuring the degree or rate of electrical induction.

    We can uninsulate the one plate of the differential inductometer; and bringing the other near, we can draw out of it a negative spark; then withdrawing it, we can get a positive spark.

    1881, Philosophical Magazine, page 136

Origin

From induct + -o- + -meter.

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