Wheatstone bridge
noun
,
Electricity
1.
a circuit for measuring an unknown resistance by comparing it with known resistances.
Also,
Wheatstone's bridge
.
Compare
bridge
(def 9),
null method
Origin
1870-75;
named after C.
Wheatstone
British Dictionary definitions for
Wheatstone bridge
Wheatstone bridge
/
ˈwiːtstən
/
noun
1.
a device for determining the value of an unknown resistance by comparison with a known standard resistance
Word Origin
C19: named after Sir Charles
Wheatstone
(1802–75), British physicist and inventor