electrodynamometer

noun

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: an ammeter or galvanometer in which the torque due to the reaction between two coils in series with each other is balanced by a spiral spring

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary electr- + dynamometer; probably originally formed as German elektrodynamometer

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