decremetern.
/ˈdɛkrɪmiːtə//dɛˈkrɛmɪtə/ An instrument which measures the logarithmic decrement of an oscillatory circuit.
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1913 Year-bk. Wireless Telegr. & Teleph. 294 The Marconi Company has brought out an instrument called a decremeter, which enables an approximate measurement of the decrement of a circuit to be made.
1931 J. A. Moyer & J. F. Wostrel Radio Handbk. iii. 112 The decremeter..may be considered as a wave meter in which the movable plates of the variable condenser carry a dial graduated in values of decrements... This device gives a direct reading of the decrement on a dial.
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