How do you use Ammeter in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like meter, plus the exact meaning.
Ammeter meaning
A device that measures the magnitude of an electric current, especially one calibrated in amperes.
Synonyms of Ammeter
Using Ammeter
- The main meaning on this page is: A device that measures the magnitude of an electric current, especially one calibrated in amperes.
- Useful related words include: meter.
- In the example corpus, ammeter often appears in combinations such as: zero-center ammeter, iron ammeter, the ammeter.
Context around Ammeter
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ammeter
- In this selection, "ammeter" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, center, iron, range, symbol, designs and measures stand out and add context to how "ammeter" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include ammeter from the and by the ammeter are called. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ammeter" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ammeter
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Burden voltage Any ammeter, including a multimeter in a current range, has a certain resistance. (15 words)
Digital ammeter designs use a shunt resistor to produce a calibrated voltage proportional to the current flowing. (17 words)
Ayrton shunt switching principle To make a multi-range ammeter, a selector switch can be used to connect one of a number of shunts across the meter. (27 words)
Ammeter from the old Penn Station Terminal Service Plant in New York City Zero-center ammeter An older moving iron ammeter with its characteristic non-linear scale and with the moving iron ammeter symbol mounted on a small form factor PC. (41 words)
The moving-iron meter was invented by Austrian engineer Friedrich Drexler in 1884. citation This type of meter responds to both direct and alternating currents (as opposed to the moving-coil ammeter, which works on direct current only). (38 words)
A special type of zero-center ammeter for testing high currents in cars and trucks has a pivoted bar magnet that moves the pointer, and a fixed bar magnet to keep the pointer centered with no current. (37 words)
Example sentences (10)
Ammeter from the old Penn Station Terminal Service Plant in New York City Zero-center ammeter An older moving iron ammeter with its characteristic non-linear scale and with the moving iron ammeter symbol mounted on a small form factor PC.
Ammeters are designed for a low voltage drop across their terminals, much less than one volt; the extra circuit losses produced by the ammeter are called its "burden" on the measured circuit.
A portable hand-held clamp-on ammeter is a common tool for maintenance of industrial and commercial electrical equipment, which is temporarily clipped over a wire to measure current.
A special type of zero-center ammeter for testing high currents in cars and trucks has a pivoted bar magnet that moves the pointer, and a fixed bar magnet to keep the pointer centered with no current.
Ayrton shunt switching principle To make a multi-range ammeter, a selector switch can be used to connect one of a number of shunts across the meter.
Burden voltage Any ammeter, including a multimeter in a current range, has a certain resistance.
Digital ammeter designs use a shunt resistor to produce a calibrated voltage proportional to the current flowing.
Picoammeter A picoammeter, or pico ammeter, measures very low electric current, usually from the picoampere range at the lower end to the milliampere range at the upper end.
The moving-iron meter was invented by Austrian engineer Friedrich Drexler in 1884. citation This type of meter responds to both direct and alternating currents (as opposed to the moving-coil ammeter, which works on direct current only).
This field strength can be calculated from the current as measured by the ammeter, the number of turns of the coil, and the radius of the coils.
Common combinations with ammeter
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- zero-center ammeter 2×
- iron ammeter 2×
- the ammeter 2×