■ noun a device for measuring an unknown resistance by combining it with a known resistance and comparing the ratio of the two with another pair of resistances of known ratio.
Origin
C19: named after the English physicist Sir Charles Wheatstone .
WHEATSTONE BRIDGE
Meaning of WHEATSTONE BRIDGE in English
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004