vacuum–tube voltmeter
noun
Definition of vacuum–tube voltmeter
: a voltmeter employing vacuum tubes and useful because of its very high input impedence for measurements in circuits (as vacuum-tube circuits) from which only very small currents can be drawn without altering the voltages being measured
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