A scientific method, especially in electrical measurement, based on the detection of the point at which an effect is zero, or at which two effects cancel each other out.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879), physicist.
Definition of null method in US English:
null method
noun
A scientific method, especially in electrical measurement, based on the detection of the point at which an effect is zero, or at which two effects cancel each other out.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879), physicist.