Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to the electroscope; performed by means of the electroscope.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Relating to, or made by means of, the electroscope.

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  • adjective of, pertaining to, or by means of an electroscope

Etymologies

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electro- + -scopic

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Examples

  • Slowing of the electroscopic discharge rate and the temperature increase within the accumulator (temperature within the accumulator minus temperature of the ambient air, To - T) parallel each other.

    Chapter 4 1990

  • This was consistent with earlier observations of temperature and electroscopic changes within the accumulator in varying weather conditions.

    Chapter 4 1990

  • On one of the papers he read: "New differential electroscopic condenser.

    Mystère de la chambre jaune. English Gaston Leroux 1897

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