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volta-electrometer
volta-electrometer n. 
/ˌvoʊltəiˌlɛkˈtrɑmədər/, /ˌvɑltəəˌlɛkˈtrɑmədər/, /ˌvɑltəiˌlɛkˈtrɑmədər/, /ˌvɔltəəˌlɛkˈtrɑmədər/, /ˌvɔltəiˌlɛkˈtrɑmədər/
Brit. /ˌvɒltə(r)ᵻlɛkˈtrɒmᵻtə/
, /ˌvɒltə(r)ᵻlɛkˈtrɒmᵻtə/U.S. /ˌvoʊltəəˌlɛkˈtrɑmədər/
, /ˌvoʊltəəˌlɛkˈtrɑmədər//ˌvoʊltəiˌlɛkˈtrɑmədər//ˌvɑltəəˌlɛkˈtrɑmədər//ˌvɑltəiˌlɛkˈtrɑmədər//ˌvɔltəəˌlɛkˈtrɑmədər//ˌvɔltəiˌlɛkˈtrɑmədər/ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > galvanism, voltaism > [noun] > instrument for analysing
galvanoscope1832
volta-electrometer1834
1834 Faraday in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 124 93 The instrument offers the only actual measurer of voltaic electricity which we at present possess... I have therefore named it a Volta-electrometer.
1839 H. M. Noad Course Eight Lect. iii. 130 Its terminal wires are soldered to a Faraday's volta-electrometer.
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2714/1 Voltaelectrometer, an instrument for indicating the degree of electrical excitation.
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