Associations to the word «Wheatstone»

Wiktionary

WHEATSTONE, proper noun. A surname​.
WHEATSTONE BRIDGE, noun. An instrument used to measure an unknown electrical resistance by balancing two legs of a bridge circuit, one leg of which includes the unknown component.
WHEATSTONE BRIDGES, noun. Plural of Wheatstone bridge

Dictionary definition

WHEATSTONE, noun. English physicist and inventor who devised the Wheatstone bridge (1802-1875).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats