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ELECTROSCOPE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does electroscope mean?
• 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.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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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