potentiometer

[ puh-ten-shee-om-i-ter ]

/ pəˌtɛn ʃiˈɒm ɪ tər /

noun Electricity.

a device for measuring electromotive force or potential difference by comparison with a known voltage.

voltage divider.

Origin of potentiometer

1880–85; potenti(al) + -o- + -meter

OTHER WORDS FROM potentiometer

po·ten·ti·o·met·ric

[puh-ten-shee-uh-me-trik], /pəˌtɛn ʃi əˈmɛ trɪk/, adjective

Words nearby potentiometer

potentiality, potentially, potential well, potentiate, potentilla, potentiometer, potentiometric, potentiometric surface, potentiometric titration, Potenza, potestas

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Example sentences from the Web for potentiometer

Don't expect to get the best results with a gas-content detector tube without using a potentiometer.
The Radio Amateur's Hand Book|A. Frederick Collins
In using either of these heterodyne receivers be sure to carefully adjust the B battery by means of the potentiometer.
The Radio Amateur's Hand Book|A. Frederick Collins
By means of a potentiometer the galvanometer spot may be brought back to the original position.
Response in the Living and Non-Living|Jagadis Chunder Bose
Don't connect a potentiometer across the B battery or it will speedily run down.
The Radio Amateur's Hand Book|A. Frederick Collins

The potentiometer must never be shunted around the B battery or the latter will soon run down.
The Radio Amateur's Hand Book|A. Frederick Collins

British Dictionary definitions for potentiometer

potentiometer

/ (pəˌtɛnʃɪˈɒmɪtə) /

noun

an instrument for determining a potential difference or electromotive force by measuring the fraction of it that balances a standard electromotive force

a device with three terminals, two of which are connected to a resistance wire and the third to a brush moving along the wire, so that a variable potential can be tapped off: used in electronic circuits, esp as a volume control

Sometimes shortened to: pot

Derived forms of potentiometer

potentiometry, noun

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for potentiometer

potentiometer

[ pə-tĕn′shē-ŏm′ĭ-tər ]

A mechanical variable resistor. See more at resistor.

An instrument for measuring an unknown voltage by comparison with a known voltage, such as that of a generator.

单词	potentiometer
释义	potentiometer [ puh-ten-shee-om-i-ter ] / pəˌtɛn ʃiˈɒm ɪ tər / noun Electricity. a device for measuring electromotive force or potential difference by comparison with a known voltage. voltage divider. Origin of potentiometer 1880–85; potenti(al) + -o- + -meter OTHER WORDS FROM potentiometer po·ten·ti·o·met·ric [puh-ten-shee-uh-me-trik], /pəˌtɛn ʃi əˈmɛ trɪk/, adjective Words nearby potentiometer potentiality, potentially, potential well, potentiate, potentilla, potentiometer, potentiometric, potentiometric surface, potentiometric titration, Potenza, potestas Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for potentiometer Don't expect to get the best results with a gas-content detector tube without using a potentiometer. The Radio Amateur's Hand Book\|A. Frederick Collins In using either of these heterodyne receivers be sure to carefully adjust the B battery by means of the potentiometer. The Radio Amateur's Hand Book\|A. Frederick Collins By means of a potentiometer the galvanometer spot may be brought back to the original position. Response in the Living and Non-Living\|Jagadis Chunder Bose Don't connect a potentiometer across the B battery or it will speedily run down. The Radio Amateur's Hand Book\|A. Frederick Collins The potentiometer must never be shunted around the B battery or the latter will soon run down. The Radio Amateur's Hand Book\|A. Frederick Collins British Dictionary definitions for potentiometer potentiometer / (pəˌtɛnʃɪˈɒmɪtə) / noun an instrument for determining a potential difference or electromotive force by measuring the fraction of it that balances a standard electromotive force a device with three terminals, two of which are connected to a resistance wire and the third to a brush moving along the wire, so that a variable potential can be tapped off: used in electronic circuits, esp as a volume control Sometimes shortened to: pot Derived forms of potentiometer potentiometry, noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for potentiometer potentiometer [ pə-tĕn′shē-ŏm′ĭ-tər ] A mechanical variable resistor. See more at resistor. An instrument for measuring an unknown voltage by comparison with a known voltage, such as that of a generator. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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