ballistic galvanometer
noun
A moving-coil galvanometer whose coil has a large moment of inertia and a slow swing, so that the instrument responds to the quantity of charge passed (rather than the size of the current) and is suitable for measuring very small currents.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in William Thomson (1819–1890), archbishop of York.
- working space
- working storage
- working surface
- working title
- Workington
- working top
- working tun
- working visa
- working voltage
- working week
- working weekday
- working woman
- working year
- work in progress
- work lead
- workless
- worklessness
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- work/life
- work-life balance
- work-like
- work like a charm
- work like a Trojan (or Trojans)
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- work-loom