Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument used by Faraday for measuring the degree or rate of electric induction, or for comparing the specific inductive capacities of various substances, consisting of three insulated metallic plates, placed parallel to and at equal distances from one another, each exterior plate being connected with an insulated gold leaf of an electroscope.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Elec.) An instrument for measuring or ascertaining the degree or rate of electrical induction.
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- noun An
instrument for measuring the degree or rate ofelectrical induction .
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If so, then it is reasonable to expect that all substances would not be affected in the same way, and therefore different results would be obtained if different media were interposed between the inductor and what I will merely call, for distinction, the inductometer.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 417, December 29, 1883 Various
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