Physics GCSE

Voltmeter

What Voltmeter means in Physics GCSE, as defined for OCR.

Definition of Voltmeter

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Goes in parallel across the component being tested.

OCR · Circuit components (study guide)

Topics that use Voltmeter

Circuit components (OCR GCSE)

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