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Electroscope

noun
1.
Measuring instrument that detects electric charge; two gold leaves diverge owing to repulsion of charges with like sign.





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"Electroscope" Quotes from Famous Books



... for radio-activity measurements is a modified type of the old gold-leaf electroscope. The measurement is made by the mutual repulsion of quartz fibres acting against a spring—the extent of the repulsion is very clearly shown against a ...
— Scott's Last Expedition Volume I • Captain R. F. Scott


Words linked to "Electroscope" :   measuring device, measuring system, measuring instrument


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