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GALVANOMETER
Definition of GALVANOMETER
noun
A device used to indicate the presence and direction of a small electric current, especially used to detect a null or balanced condition in a bridge circuit.
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Where it comes from
From Italian physicist Luigi Galvani + -o- + -meter.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Italian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2%
of traced words share this origin (590)
branch · 15.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GALVANOMETER · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GALVANOMETER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GALVANOMETER starts with G and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AAEEGLMNORTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once.
Words that start GALVANOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found GALVANOMETER?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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