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Wheatstone bridge

Syllabification: (Wheat·stone bridge)
Definition of Wheatstone bridge

noun

  • a simple circuit for measuring an unknown resistance by connecting it so as to form a quadrilateral with three known resistances and applying a voltage between a pair of opposite corners.

Wheatstone bridge in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Wheatstone bridge in the British & World English dictionary