(engineering) An electrometer designed to measure a small potential difference between mercury and an electrolytic solution in a capillary tube by measuring the effect of this potential difference on the surface tension between the liquids. Also known as Lippmann electrometer.
capillary electrometer
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(′kap·ə′ ler·ē i′lek′träm·əd·ər)
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