| 单词 | rheotome | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasrheotome   rheotome  n.  Brit. , U.S. now historical an apparatus for periodically interrupting an electric current. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electric current > flow of electricity > 			[noun]		 > device interrupting rheotome1843 interrupter1851 chopper1929 1843    C. Wheatstone in  Philos. Trans. 		(Royal Soc.)	 133 307  				By Rheotome is meant an instrument which periodically interrupts a current. 1912    J. M. Martin Pract. Electro-therapeutics xi. 175  				This rheotome is an automatic device with a clock mechanism, and may be set to interrupt the current from 8 to 660 [times] per minute. 2003    T. Philbin 100 Greatest Inventions of All Time lx. 173  				In 1868, Julius Bernstein..improved the rheotome by allowing the time between stimulation and sampling to be varied. < as lemmas | 
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