Electroscope (Noun)
Meaning
Measuring instrument that detects electric charge; two gold leaves diverge owing to repulsion of charges with like sign.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The electroscope is a widely used device in physics laboratories for measuring and detecting electric charges.
- To determine the type of charge on a charged object, the scientist employed an electroscope with two thin gold leaves inside a metal container.
- As soon as the negatively charged balloon touched the electrocope's terminal, the gold leaves began to diverge from each other rapidly.
- The old electrocope was removed from the dusty shelf to demonstrate a simple experiment of electrostatics to the science class.
- Inside the sealed glass jar of an electrocope, two narrowly hanging gold leaves made of extremely thin foil served as charge indicators.