Understanding VOM Multimeter & Full-Scale

[phrygian]

Homework Statement

In my textbook, it says "the standard VOM " (volt-ohm-milliameter) multimeter uses a meter movement that measures current (typically 50 microamperes full-scale).

I am just having trouble understanding what this means, I looked up full-scale and found that it was the number of the largest amplitude of the signal, so if the VOM can only measure up to 50 microamperes shouldn't it be a microameter? I feel like I may be misinterpreting full-scale?

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The Attempt at a Solution

 

[Stonebridge]

Yes, it is, basically, just a microampere meter.
It measures other ranges of amps, together with volts, through the use of suitable series and shunt resitors respectively.