wheatstone bridge

Wheat·stone bridge

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [hweet-stohn, weet- or, esp. British, -stuh n brij]
- /ˈʰwitˌstoʊn, ˈwit- or, esp. British, -stən brɪdʒ/
- /brɪdʒ brɪdʒ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hweet-stohn, weet- or, esp. British, -stuh n brij]
- /ˈʰwitˌstoʊn, ˈwit- or, esp. British, -stən brɪdʒ/

Definitions of wheatstone bridge words

noun wheatstone bridge a circuit for measuring an unknown resistance by comparing it with known resistances. 1
noun wheatstone bridge a device for determining the value of an unknown resistance by comparison with a known standard resistance 0
noun wheatstone bridge a divided bridge circuit (see bridge1 (sense 11) having four resistances in series, used to find the value of an unknown resistance by comparing it with three known resistances 0
noun wheatstone bridge a device containing such a circuit 0
noun wheatstone bridge An instrument used to measure an unknown electrical resistance by balancing two legs of a bridge circuit, one leg of which includes the unknown component. 0

before 1870

One of the 26% newest English words

First recorded in 1870-75; named after C. Wheatstone

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This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 2% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

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