thread electrometer meaning

Noun: electrometer    ilek'trómitu(r) Meter to measure electrostatic voltage differences; draws no current from the source Derived forms: electrometers Type of: met...

Verb: thread    thred To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course - weave , wind , meander , wander   Pass a thread through "thread ...

[Electronics] An electrometer in which the sensitive element consists of two long platinized-quartz fibers. When an electric potential is ap- plied, the fibers separate by a distance propo...

[Electronics] An electrometer in which a thin platinum vane (“the needle”) is suspended within two halves of a metal pillbox-shaped container. The halves or binants are biased with a dc vo...

[Engineering] "An instrument for measuring small voltages, the voltage is applied to the plates of a capacitor when they are close together, then the voltage source is removed and the plat...

noun   An electrolytic cell, consisting of a capillary tube joining two electrodes that contain mercury, used as a measuring device for small voltages; [Electronics] A sensitiv...

[Engineering] An electrometer that has a metal cup attached to its plate so that a charged body touching the inside of the cup gives up its entire charge to the instrument.

[Electronics] A variation of the quadrant electrometer. In the Dershem instrument, the needle (to which a small mirror is attached) rotates within slots cut in the quadrant plates an...

[Electronics] An electrometer that has a digital current or voltage indicator.

[Electronics] See QUADRANT ELECTROMETER.