Wheatstone bridge (redirected from Wheatstone bridges)

Wheat·stone bridge  (hwtstn, wt-) also Wheat·stone's bridge (-stnz) 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. [After Sir Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875), British physicist and inventor.]

Wheatstone bridge to calculate the unknown resistance: Rx = ( R2/R1 ) Rv

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Wheatstone bridge [ˈwiːtstən]

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(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