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voltameter|vɒlˈtæmɪtə(r)| [See volta- and -meter.] An instrument used for the quantitative measurement of electricity by means of the results of electrolysis.
1836Brande Chem. (ed. 4) 385 When the quantity of products was examined by the voltameter, the oxygen..was always in the same proportion as from water. 1866R. M. Ferguson Electr. (1870) 140 To measure one or other of these is the object of a galvanometer or voltameter. 1881S. P. Thompson Electr. & Magnetism 179 The voltameter gives us the ‘time integral’ of the current. attrib.1844Noad Electricity (ed. 2) 222 One equivalent of lead was reduced in the voltameter tube. |