English Explanatory Dictionary

Wheatstone's rod

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Either of a pair of flexible rods whose periods of vibration in two planes at right angles are in some exact ratio to one another. When one end of such a rod is fixed, the free end describes through vibration the corresponding Lissajous figure.

Word forms

Wheatstone's rod Wheatstone's rods

Etymology

Named after English physicist and inventor Charles Wheatstone (1802–1875), who devised them.

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