Definition of electrodynamometer
:an ammeter or galvanometer in which the torque due to the reaction between two coils in series with each other is balanced by a spiral spring
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Origin and Etymology of electrodynamometer
International Scientific Vocabulary electr- + dynamometer; probably originally formed as German elektrodynamometer
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