diagometer

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Noun

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diagometer (plural diagometers)

  1. A kind of electroscope in which the dry pile is employed to measure the amount of electricity transmitted by different bodies, or to determine their conductive power.
    • 1857, Pompeius Alexander Bolley, Manual of technical analysis:
      the use of an instrument called a diagometer, constructed so as to show the electrical conductibility of the oil to be examined

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