an electrical test instrument offering measurement of several values, usually voltage, current, and resistance
multimeter in Electrical Engineering
(mʌltɪmɪtər)
Word forms: (regular plural) multimeters
noun
(Electrical engineering: Instrumentation, measuring, and testing, Instrument)
A multimeter is an electrical test instrument that measures several values, usually voltage, current, and resistance.
The oscilloscope does not generally have very much accuracy for making measurementsas compared with a multimeter, which will give more accurate measurements of direct current.
If you hook up two multimeters to measure current and voltage and then multiply the readings together, you get apparentpower in volt amps.
A multimeter is an electrical test instrument that measures several values, usually voltage, current,and resistance.