n. An instrument for measuring electrical current in milliamperes.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. a sensitive ammeter for detecting small currents, graduated in milliamperes.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. In electricity, an instrument for the measurement of small electric currents, in which the scale is graduated to read in thousandths of an ampere. Also milammeter.
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n. a sensitive ammeter graduated in milliamperes
Word Usage
"The milliammeter got up to twenty-five quite a long time before and stayed there steadily."