potentiometer

See also: Potentiometer

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Alternative forms

• potentiometre (nonstandard, rare)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pəˌtɛn(t)ʃiˈɒmɪtə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pəˌtɛn(t)ʃiˈɑmɪtəɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɒmɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

potentiometer (plural potentiometers)

1. (electronics) A user-adjustable three-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. [from late 19th c.]

Related terms

• pot
• potentiometry

Translations

user-adjustable variable resistor

Arabic: مقياس الجهد الانزلاقي Chinese: Mandarin: 电位器 (zh) (diàn wèi qì) Czech: potenciometr m Dutch: potentiometer (nl) m, potmeter (nl) m Finnish: potentiometri (fi) French: potentiomètre (fr) m German: Potentiometer (de) n Greek: ποτενσιόμετρο (el) n (potensiómetro), ρυθμιστής τάσης m (rythmistís tásis) Hebrew: מד מתח (he) m (mad métakh), פוטנציומטר m (potentsiyométer) Hungarian: potenciométer (hu) Italian: reostato (it) m Japanese: ポテンショメータ (potenshomēta) Korean: 가변저항 (gabyeonjeohang) Polish: potencjometr (pl) Portuguese: potenciômetro (pt) m Russian: потенциометр (ru) m (potenciometr) Serbo-Croatian: потенциометар (potenciometar) Spanish: potenciómetro (es) m Thai: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: biến trở (vi), chiết áp (vi)

instrument that measures a voltage

Italian: potenziometro (it) m Japanese: 電位差計 (den'isakei) Malay: potensiometer

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Anagrams

• potentiometre