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Wheatstone Bridge

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Noun

1. wheatstone bridge

a bridge used to measure resistances

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Wheatstone Bridge

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noun
a device for determining the value of an unknown resistance by comparison with a known standard resistance

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Wheatstone Bridge

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1. 
a divided bridge circuit (see bridge1 (sense 11) having four resistances in series, used to find the value of an unknown resistance by comparing it with three known resistances
2. 
a device containing such a circuit

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Wheatstone Bridge

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n.
An instrument or a circuit consisting of four resistors or their equivalent in series, used to determine the value of an unknown resistance when the other three resistances are known.

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