WHEATSTONE BRIDGE


Meaning of WHEATSTONE BRIDGE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhwēt-ˌstōn-, ˈwēt-, chiefly Brit ]

-stən- noun

Etymology: Sir Charles Wheatstone

Date: 1872

: an electrical bridge consisting of two branches of a parallel circuit joined by a galvanometer and used for determining the value of an unknown resistance in one of the branches

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