Wheatstone Bridge Definition

wētstōn, hwēt-
noun

A divided bridge circuit (see bridge having four resistances in series, used to find the value of an unknown resistance by comparing it with three known resistances.

Webster's New World
A device containing such a circuit.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Wheatstone Bridge

Noun

Singular:
Wheatstone bridge
Plural:
Wheatstone bridges

Origin of Wheatstone Bridge

  • After Sir Charles Wheatstone, who improved and popularized the original (1833) invention of Samuel Hunter Christie.

    From Wiktionary

  • After Sir Charles Wheatstone (1802–1875), British physicist and inventor

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Wheatstone Bridge Sentence Examples

  • Several pieces of apparatus have been invented for comparing the magnetic quality of a sample with that of a standard iron rod by a zero method, such as is employed in the comparison of electrical resistances by the Wheatstone bridge.

  • Christie (1784-1865) in 1833, and subsequently called the Wheatstone Bridge.

  • A lowresistance galvanometer is connected by a very fine wire (2 to 3 mils) to the centre C of the experimental wire AB, and also to the middle point D of the parallel wire so as to form a Wheatstone bridge.

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