Polarograph
[poh-lar-uh-graf, -grahf, puh-] /poʊˈlær əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf, pə-/
Trademark.
1.
a brand name for an instrument that automatically registers the current in electrolysis at a dropping mercury electrode.
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