Surname of French physicist Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval.
Definitions
d'arsonvalnoun
A type of galvanometer used for measuring small electric currents, named after the French physicist Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval.
The scientist used a d'Arsonval to measure the current in the circuit.
d'arsonvaladjective
Of, relating to, or employing the d'Arsonval galvanometer mechanism.
The meter uses a d'Arsonval movement for precise readings.
d'arsonvalproper noun
Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval (1851–1940), French physicist and physician noted for his work in electrophysiology and for inventing the moving-coil galvanometer.
D'Arsonval pioneered the use of high-frequency currents in medicine.