Definition of Milliammeter

1. Noun. A sensitive ammeter graduated in milliamperes.

Generic synonyms: Ammeter

Definition of Milliammeter

1. Noun. An instrument for measuring electrical current in milliamperes. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Milliammeter

millhand
millhands
millhouse
millhouses
milli-
milli-amp
milli-farad
milli-farads
milli-joule
milli-joules
milli-ohm
milli-ohms
milli-volt
milli-watt
milliKelvin
milliammeter (current term)
milliammeters
milliamp
milliampere
milliamperes
milliamps
milliarcsec
milliarcsecond
milliarcseconds
milliard
milliards
milliare
milliares
milliaries
milliary

Literary usage of Milliammeter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Laboratory Physics: A Students Manual for Colleges and Scientific Schools by Dayton Clarence Miller (1903)
"ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE WITH AN AMMETER Determine the electromotive forces and resistances of several cells, using a milliammeter or tangent galvanometer. 258. ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1908)
"The current strength, on the dc milliammeter, as shown at p on the lower ziz-zag line I, was 130 milliamperes. When the telescopic tube was gradually ..."

3. A Manual of Physical Measurements by Anthony Zeleny, Henry Anton Erikson (1919)
"EXPERIMENT 81 TO CALIBRATE A milliammeter BY THE POTENTIOMETER METHOD Apparatus.—The diagram shown in Fig. 78 is the same as that used in Exp. 78, ..."

4. Elementary Principles of Electro-therapeutics for the Use of Physicians and by Celia M. Haynes (1890)
""Now suppose we should place a milliammeter in the circuit and measure the ... The ordinary conclusion drawn is that the milliammeter is wrong and the maker ..."

5. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1912)
"When the motion of the diaphragm begins the current undergoes variations which are recorded by Oz. During the time of making an exposure the milliammeter is ..."

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