Data record instr.low-resistance-ohmmeter.kelvin-term

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The same reference notes that the term Kelvin connection is often used interchangeably with four-terminal, and names the Kelvin bridge as the most widely known four-terminal technique for precision direct-current resistance measurement.

Subject
Low-resistance ohmmeter (Instrument classes)
Source
UC Berkeley Physics Experimentation Lab reference 10, 2001 edition, clause Four terminal measurements, Four Wire Measurement (Appendix A, Why So Many Terminals? Understanding impedance measurement techniques), The Regents of the University of California. Publisher page
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2026-10-13
Review status
Agent reviewed
Confidence
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2026-10-13createdread from the public university reference (review fix 6)agent
2026-10-13reviewedfresh-context review task-10-exemplars-review.md + fix round 1agent

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@misc{etr-data-instr-low-resistance-ohmmeter-kelvin-term,
  title = {Data record instr.low-resistance-ohmmeter.kelvin-term},
  howpublished = {\url{https://www.electricaltestingreference.com/data/instr.low-resistance-ohmmeter.kelvin-term/}},
  organization = {Electrical Testing Reference},
  publisher = {Electrical Testing Reference},
  year = {2026},
  note = {last substantive change 2026-10-13}
}

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