Electroscope

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An instrument used to detect the presence, sign, and in some configurations the magnitude of an electric charge by the mutual attraction or repulsion of metal foils or pith balls.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a simple device that detects the presence of an electric charge by the mutual repulsion of metal foils or pith balls
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An instrument for detecting the presence of electricity, or changes in the electric state of bodies, or the species of electricity present, as by means of pith balls, and the like.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An instrument for observing or detecting the existence of free electricity, and, in general, for determining its kind.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. measuring instrument that detects electric charge; two gold leaves diverge owing to repulsion of charges with like sign
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    measuring device    measuring instrument    measuring system   
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