Definitions for voltameter

voltameter vol·tam·e·ter

Spelling: [vol-tam-i-ter, vohl-]
IPA: /vɒlˈtæm ɪ tər, voʊl-/

Voltameter is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 491 anagrams from letters in voltameter (aeelmorttv).

Definitions for voltameter

noun

  1. a device for measuring the quantity of electricity passing through a conductor by the amount of electrolytic decomposition it produces, or for measuring the strength of a current by the amount of such decomposition in a given time.

Origin of voltameter

1830-40; volta (see volt1) + -meter

Examples for voltameter

He wished to ascertain what relation this decomposition bore to that of the water in his voltameter.

The volumes of gases were in no regular proportion to the quantities evolved from water in the voltameter.

The electrochemical apparatus was a voltameter containing a definite compound to be electrolysed, or a voltaic cell or battery.

The quantity of an ion liberated in a voltameter is proportional to the electro-chemical equivalent of the ion.

Completing his circuit, he permitted the current to continue until 'a reasonable quantity of gas' was collected in the voltameter.

With the indications of his voltameter he compared the decompositions of other substances, both singly and in series.

Percyanide of mercury and corrosive sublimate produce no effect; nor does iodine, gum, or sugar, the test being a voltameter.

We may estimate the value of a voltameter at a hundred francs.

The current, as calculated by the voltameter, corresponds to this reading.

It remains for us to describe this voltameter itself, and to show the rendering of it.

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