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• (n.) A thermal cymoscope which operates by increased resistance when subjected to the influence of electric waves. The original form consisted of an extremely fine platinum wire loop attached to terminals and inclosed in a small glass or silver bulb. In a later variety, called the liquid barretter, wire is replace by a column of liquid in a ...
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a resistor with a high positive temperature coefficient in which electromagnetic power is converted into heat and the corresponding change in resistance is used as a means of measuring the absorbed power
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Bar'ret·ter noun [ Old French
bareter to exchange. Confer
Barter .]
(Wireless Teleg.) A thermal cymoscope which operates by increased resistance when subjected to the influence of electric waves. The original form consisted of an extremely fine platinum wire loop attached to termina...
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