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galvanometer

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | © The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English 2009, originally published by Oxford University Press 2009. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

gal·va·nom·e·ter / ˌgalvəˈnämitər/ • n. an instrument for detecting and measuring small electric currents. DERIVATIVES: gal·va·no·met·ric / -nəˈmetrik/ adj.

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