potentiometer
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word potentiometer. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word potentiometer, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say potentiometer in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word potentiometer you have here. The definition of the word potentiometer will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofpotentiometer, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: Potentiometer
English
Alternative forms
- potentiometre (nonstandard, rare)
Noun
potentiometer (plural potentiometers)
- (electronics) A user-adjustable three-terminal variable resistor that can be used as a voltage divider.
- (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
Translations
user-adjustable variable resistor
Mandarin: 电位器 (zh) (diàn wèi qì)
|
instrument that measures a voltage
|
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Translations to be checked
|