Wheatstone bridge

English

Etymology

Named after English physicist and inventor Charles Wheatstone (1802–1875), who improved and popularized the original (1833) invention of Samuel Hunter Christie.

Noun

Wheatstone bridge (plural Wheatstone bridges)

  1. An instrument used to measure an unknown electrical resistance by balancing two legs of a bridge circuit, one leg of which includes the unknown component.

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