Zero method


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(Physics) a method of comparing, or measuring, forces, electric currents, etc., by so opposing them that the pointer of an indicating apparatus, or the needle of a galvanometer, remains at, or is brought to, zero, as contrasted with methods in which the deflection is observed directly; - called also null method.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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