WHEATSTONE BRIDGE


Meaning of WHEATSTONE BRIDGE in English

Elect.

a circuit for measuring an unknown resistance by comparing it with known resistances.

Also, Wheatstone's bridge . Cf. bridge (def. 9), null method .

[ 1870-75; named after C. WHEATSTONE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .