rheotome

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noun

Any instrument that interrupts an electric current.

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Meanings

nounrheotome (plural rheotomes)

plural rheotomes

  1. Any instrument that interrupts an electric current.

    By means of the rheotome, the primary current is broken and closed rapidly, so that the induced current seems almost like a continuous one.

    1884, George Calvin Pitzer, Electricity in medicine and surgery, page 30

Origin

From rheo- (“flow, current”) + -tome (“cutter”), literally “flow cutter”.

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APA

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

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“rheotome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rheotome. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rheotome,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rheotome.

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