heterostatic, a. Electr.
(-ˈstætɪk)
[f. hetero- + static.]
Applied to electrostatic instruments in which there is electrification independent of that to be tested.
| 1867 Sir W. Thomson in Rep. Brit. Assoc. 501 The electric system here described is heterostatic, there being an independent electrification besides that whose difference of potential is to be measured. 1881 Maxwell Electr. & Magn. I. 309 This method of using an auxiliary electrification besides the electrification to be measured is called the Heterostatic method in opposition to the Idiostatic method, in which the whole effect is produced by the electrification to be measured. |