Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In electricity, a direct-reading instrument for the measurement of small differences of potential, in which the scale is graduated to read in thousandths of a volt.
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- noun sensitive voltmeter that can measure voltage in millivolts
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Examples
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If only one instrument, such as a millivoltmeter, is available, and there is no standard couple at hand, the new couple may be calibrated over a wide range of temperatures by the use of the following standards:
The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel 1916
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I usually use my Boonton RF millivoltmeter, which has way more sensitivity than a regular diode detector RF probe with a DVM or VTVM, although -70 dBm sensitivity isn't needed, either.
eHam.net News 2009
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... inside of a millivoltmeter, which seems to record its measurements on a soot-coated wheel marked with the hours.
Summer Cleaning Heather McDougal 2009
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