Voltmeter is an English word with synonyms like meter. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Voltmeter meaning
An instrument for measuring electric potential in volts.
Synonyms of Voltmeter
Using Voltmeter
- The main meaning on this page is: An instrument for measuring electric potential in volts.
- Useful related words include: meter.
- In the example corpus, voltmeter often appears in combinations such as: the voltmeter, voltmeter to, digital voltmeter.
Context around Voltmeter
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 4 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Voltmeter
- In this selection, "voltmeter" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, digital, electronic, accurate, must, dvm and two stand out and add context to how "voltmeter" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a dc voltmeter if the and a digital voltmeter dvm measures. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "voltmeter" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with voltmeter
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Digital voltmeter Two digital voltmeters. (5 words)
Thomson's voltmeter could measure up to 20,000 volts. (10 words)
A voltmeter in a circuit diagram is represented by the letter V in a circle. (15 words)
A voltmeter can be used to measure the voltage (or potential difference) between two points in a system; often a common reference potential such as the ground of the system is used as one of the points. (37 words)
If the desire is to make an extension without needing a thermometer at that location, then extension wire (see below) may be used; this allows the reference junction to be made closer to the voltmeter. (35 words)
Modern electrometers A modern electrometer is a highly sensitive electronic voltmeter whose input impedance is so high that the current flowing into it can be considered, for most practical purposes, to be zero. (33 words)
Example sentences (15)
When using a voltmeter to measure potential difference, one electrical lead of the voltmeter must be connected to the first point, one to the second point.
A digital voltmeter (DVM) measures an unknown input voltage by converting the voltage to a digital value and then displays the voltage in numeric form.
A meter can be calibrated as a DC voltmeter if the resistance of the coil is known by calculating the voltage required to generate a full scale current.
A voltmeter can be used to measure the voltage (or potential difference) between two points in a system; often a common reference potential such as the ground of the system is used as one of the points.
A voltmeter in a circuit diagram is represented by the letter V in a circle.
A voltmeter is capable of measuring the change of electrical potential between the anode and the cathode.
Digital voltmeter Two digital voltmeters.
If the desire is to make an extension without needing a thermometer at that location, then extension wire (see below) may be used; this allows the reference junction to be made closer to the voltmeter.
Modern electrometers A modern electrometer is a highly sensitive electronic voltmeter whose input impedance is so high that the current flowing into it can be considered, for most practical purposes, to be zero.
Part of the problem of making an accurate voltmeter is that of calibration to check its accuracy.
Precise measurements of this signal require an amplifier with low input offset voltage and with care taken to avoid thermal emfs from self-heating within the voltmeter itself.
The measured voltage turns out to be : where and are the Seebeck coefficients of the conductors attached to the positive and negative terminals of the voltmeter, respectively (chromel and alumel in the figure).
The tools and equipment that an individual engineer may need are similarly variable, ranging from a simple voltmeter to a top end analyzer to sophisticated design and manufacturing software.
The voltmeter story An argument in favor of the likelihood principle is given by Edwards in his book Likelihood.
Thomson's voltmeter could measure up to 20,000 volts.
Common combinations with voltmeter
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the voltmeter 5×
- voltmeter to 2×
- digital voltmeter 2×
- voltmeter is 2×