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Webster 1913 Edition


Diagometer

Diˊa-gom′e-ter

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Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] to transmit +
-meter
.]
A sort of electroscope, invented by Rousseau, in which the dry pile is employed to measure the amount of electricity transmitted by different bodies, or to determine their conducting power.
Nichol.

Definition 2024


diagometer

diagometer

English

Noun

diagometer (plural diagometers)

  1. A kind of electroscope in which the dry pile is employed to measure the amount of electricity transmitted by different bodies, or to determine their conductive power.
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