potentiometer

See also: Potentiometer

English

Alternative forms

potentiometre (nonstandard, rare)

Noun

potentiometer (plural potentiometers)

(electronics) A user-adjustable 3 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

potentiometry

Translations

user-adjustable variable resistor

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
French: potentiomètre (fr) m
German: Potentiometer (de) n
Greek: ποτενσιόμετρο (el) n (potensiómetro), ρυθμιστής τάσης m (rythmistís tásis)
Hungarian: potenciométer

Japanese: ポテンショメータ (potenshomēta)
Polish: potencjometr (pl)
Serbo-Croatian: потенциометар (potenciometar)
Spanish: potenciómetro m
Vietnamese: biến trở, chiết áp

instrument that measures a voltage

Japanese: 電位差計 (den'isakei)

Malay: potensiometer

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Irish: ^{(please verify)} poitéinsiméadar m

Anagrams

potentiometre

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