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Key Stage 3

Meaning

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A picture showing a voltmeter.

An voltmeter is a measuring device used to measure the Potential Difference between two points in a circuit.

About Voltmeters

Voltmeters are added in parallel to components in a circuit to find the potential difference between two points.
An ideal voltmeter has infinite resistance because otherwise adding an voltmeter to a circuit would change the Potential Difference between two points.
Voltmeters can be analogue with a needle pointing to numbers on a dial or it can be digital with a number display.
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A voltmeter placed in parallel with a bulb.