potentiometer

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Noun

potentiometer (plural potentiometers)

1. (electronics) A user-adjustable 3 terminal variable resistor that can be used as a voltage divider.
2. (physics) An instrument that measures a voltage by opposing it with a precise fraction of a known voltage, and without drawing current from the unknown source.

Related terms

• pot
• potentiometry

Translations

• French: potentiomètre
• German: Potentiometer
• Italian: reostato
• Spanish: potenciómetro

Translations

• Italian: potenziometro

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