välˈtaməd.ə(r), vōl-, -mətə- noun
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary volta ic (I) + -meter
: an apparatus for measuring the quantity of electricity passed through a conductor by the amount of electrolysis produced (as by measuring the gases generated from acidulated water or by weighing the silver deposited from a solution of silver nitrate)
• vol·ta·met·ric |vältə|me.trik, |vōl-, -rēk adjective