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Wheat·stone bridge (hw

, w

-) also Wheat·stone's bridge (-st

)

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.

[After Sir Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875), British physicist and inventor.]

Wheatstone bridge

to calculate the unknown resistance: R_x

= (

^R₂/_R₁

) R_v

Wheatstone bridge [ˈwiːtstən]

(Physics / General Physics) a device for determining the value of an unknown resistance by comparison with a known standard resistance

[named after Sir Charles Wheatstone (1802-75), British physicist and inventor]

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Wheatstone bridge - a bridge used to measure resistances

bridge circuit, bridge - a circuit consisting of two branches (4 arms arranged in a diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected

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Wheatstone bridge (redirected from Wheatstone bridges)

Wheatstone bridge
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