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Obviously, it's a voltmeter that measures a.c. voltages. The most common types are a 'moving iron' type or a 'moving coil' type. The latter requires a rectifier circuit. Both scales are calibrated to indicate root-mean-square values. Moving-iron scales are non-linear, whereas moving-coil scales are linear. Moving-iron types are less accurate than moving-coil types.

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