单词 | galvanoscope |
释义 | galvanoscopen. An instrument for ascertaining the presence of galvanic electricity. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > galvanism, voltaism > [noun] > instrument for analysing galvanoscope1832 volta-electrometer1834 1832 Nat. Philos. (Libr. Useful Knowl.) II. Electro-magnetism viii. §111. 39 An instrument for detecting small quantities of galvanic electricity, or Galvanoscope. 1866 R. M. Ferguson Electricity 141 The Astatic Galvanometer..is used either simply as a galvanoscope, to discover the existence of a current, or as a measurer of the strengths of weak currents. Derivatives ˌgalvanoˈscopic adj. pertaining to, or of the nature of, a galvanoscope; galvanoscopic frog, a frog used as a galvanoscope. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > galvanism, voltaism > [adjective] > of the nature of a galvanoscope galvanoscopic1839 1839–47 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 720/2 This preparation is the galvanoscopic frog. 1870 Eng. Mech. 11 Mar. 626/1 Galvanoscopic Lantern. 1873 A. Flint Nerv. Syst. iii. 113 If the nerve of a galvanoscopic frog's leg be placed in contact with the muscles of another leg prepared in the same way. 1874 W. R. Grove On Correlation Physical Forces (ed. 6) 266 Here we have no slight galvanoscopic effects. Categories » galvaˈnoscopy n. ‘the employment of galvanism in physiological experiment or for diagnostic purposes; also, the use of the galvanoscope’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1885). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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