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Wheatstone bridge
or Wheatstone's bridge
noun
Electricity.
- a circuit for measuring an unknown resistance by comparing it with known resistances.
Wheatstone bridge
/ ˈɾːٲə /
noun
- a device for determining the value of an unknown resistance by comparison with a known standard resistance
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Wheatstone bridge1
First recorded in 1870–75; named after C. Wheatstone
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Wheatstone bridge1
C19: named after Sir Charles Wheatstone (1802–75), British physicist and inventor
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The two terminals are carried outside of the respiration chamber to the observer's table, where the temperature fluctuations are measured on a Wheatstone bridge.
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The Port Elizabeth line was then connected up, and by means of a Wheatstone bridge on the lecture table, the resistance of the line was measured.
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This involves the use of the balanced Wheatstone bridge.
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The apparatus consists of a magneto-electric machine AT, which generates the testing current by turning a handle, and a Wheatstone bridge.
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To do this we use an instrument called the Wheatstone bridge.
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