Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An instrument for measuring directly the resistances of conductors in ohms.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In electricity, an instrument by which the resistance of a conductor may be directly measured in ohms.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Elec.) An instrument for indicating directly the electrical resistance of a circuit in ohms.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun physics A
portable device formeasuring relatively small values ofelectrical resistance .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a meter for measuring electrical resistance in ohms
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Examples
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If the person testing the sensor uses an ohmmeter they will ruin the sensor.
Fuel economy and O2 sensors. Are there other reasons for gas price distress? 2008
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LOS -- if you'd limit the exercise of the enumerated rights to the technologies available at the time of the Constitution, you'd have no M-16s, but also no televangelists, no bloggers, not even Scientology, which relies on a spiritual device akin to an ohmmeter.
Let's talk about guns. Ann Althouse 2007
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Graphical Symbol in full simplified voltage path of a movement or current path of a movement or movement of a wattmeter voltage paths for summation or differentiation current paths for summation or differentiation movement of a two-phase wattmeter with 2 elements movement of an ohmmeter movement of a frequency meter
1. Selected Graphical Symbols of Electrotechnology Klaus Janoske 1991
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Using an 8.5-digit ohmmeter, the demo shows the ability of an FSR device, built on Bulk Metal Foil® technology, to withstand rough handling with no change whatsoever in its resistance value.
unknown title 2011
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That's where your Keithley and HP meters shine; their output potential at the most sensitive ohmmeter range is 20 mV.
unknown title 2009
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The transformers and their shield cans luckily are still with the rig - they seem to be electrically OK with an ohmmeter checking for shorts or opens.
eHam.net News 2009
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The approach presented by the author is much superior to the usual long chunks of braid etc to DC ground to bolts and screws with boasts of how low the ohmmeter reading of the result were.
eHam.net News 2009
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Both insulation testers are CAT III / 600V and have a sensitive ohmmeter for checking resistance of motor windings and a programmable timer to perform the dielectric absorption ratio test.
unknown title 2009
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If you are trying to measure the resistance of pure metal, you are down in the micro-ohms range, and you need a micro-ohmmeter.
unknown title 2009
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One thing you want to keep in mind when purchasing a milli - or micro-ohmmeter is what is the purpose of the measurement.
unknown title 2009
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