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Wheatstone bridge
noun Electricity.
a circuit for measuring an unknown resistance by comparing it with known resistances.
Also, Wheatstone's bridge.
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| —n | |
| a device for determining the value of an unknown resistance by comparison with a known standard resistance | |
| [C19: named after Sir Charles Wheatstone (1802--75), British physicist and inventor] | |
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