electrometryn.
/ᵻˌlɛkˈtrɒmᵻtri/, /ˌɛlɛkˈtrɒmᵻtri/, /ˌɛlɪkˈtrɒmᵻtri/, /ˌɪlɛkˈtrɒmᵻtri/, /ˌiːlɛkˈtrɒmᵻtri/, U.S. /əˌlɛkˈtrɑmətri/, /iˌlɛkˈtrɑmətri/ The use of an electrometer; measurement by means of an electrometer.
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electrometry1804
1804 C. H. Wilkinson Elements Galvanism II. iii. xiv. 27 He considers those..as being but little versed in the science of electricity, more especially in the part which embraces electrometry.
1868 Brit. Assoc. Rep. 1867 489 The first step towards accurate electrometry in every case is to deduce from the scale-readings numbers which shall be in simple proportion to the difference of potentials to be determined.
1951 H. Israël in T. F. Malone Compend. Meteorol. 144 The atmospheric electrical problems of measurement consist predominantly of the measurement of potential differences of medium magnitude and of minute electrostatic charges. They belong, therefore, to the domain of electrometry proper.
2006 Sensors & Actuators A. 132 658/1 Micromechanical resonators show significant promise for many sensor applications such as..electrometry.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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