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Definition: DIAGOMETER

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A sort of electroscope, invented by Rousseau, in which the dry pile is employed to measure the amount of electricity transmitted by different bodies, or to determine their conducting power.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Diagometer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Diagometer \Di`a*gom"e*ter\, noun. [Greek expression to transmit -meter.]. (references)

Definition: DIAGOMETER

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A sort of electroscope, invented by Rousseau, in which the dry pile is employed to measure the amount of electricity transmitted by different bodies, or to determine their conducting power.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "DIAGOMETER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Diagometer \Di`a*gom"e*ter\, noun. [Greek expression to transmit -meter.]. (references)