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单词 wheatstone bridge
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Wheatstone bridge

or Wheatstone's bridge


noun Electricity.

a circuit for measuring an unknown resistance by comparing it with known resistances.
Compare bridge1 (def. 9), null method.

Origin of Wheatstone bridge

First recorded in 1870–75; named after C. Wheatstone

Words nearby Wheatstone bridge

Wheaton, wheat pool, Wheat Ridge, wheat rust, Wheatstone, Wheatstone bridge, wheatworm, whee, wheedle, wheel, wheel and axle
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British Dictionary definitions for Wheatstone bridge

Wheatstone bridge
/ (ˈwiːtstən) /

noun

a device for determining the value of an unknown resistance by comparison with a known standard resistance

Word Origin for Wheatstone bridge

C19: named after Sir Charles Wheatstone (1802–75), British physicist and inventor
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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