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ELECTROSCOPE

• ELECTROSCOPE (noun)
The noun ELECTROSCOPE has 1 sense:

1. measuring instrument that detects electric charge; two gold leaves diverge owing to repulsion of charges with like sign

Familiarity information: ELECTROSCOPE used as a noun is very rare.

• ELECTROSCOPE (noun)

Sense 1

electroscope ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Measuring instrument that detects electric charge; two gold leaves diverge owing to repulsion of charges with like sign

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("electroscope" is a kind of...):

measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)

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