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barreter

barreter noun: a variable resistor made up of a short length of very fine wire (usually platinum) having a positive temperature coefficient.

Noun (1)

barreter (plural barreters)

  1. A variable resistor made up of a short length of very fine wire (usually platinum) having a positive temperature coefficient.
    • Fessenden determined that a current-operated detector would offer advantages over those operated by voltage and based these deductions on his hot-wire barreter.1904, Engineering Magazine, volume 27, page 380

Noun (2)

barreter (plural barreters)

  1. A contentious person, quarreler, or fighter.

Forms of barreter

pluralbarreters

Origin of barreter

Apparently a variant of barretter (“ballast resistor”), which in turn may be from Old French barateor (“barrator”).

Variant of barrator.

Questions about barreter

What does barreter mean?
Barreter means a variable resistor made up of a short length of very fine wire (usually platinum) having a positive temperature coefficient.
What part of speech is barreter?
Barreter is a noun.
What is the plural of barreter?
The plural of barreter is barreters.

Words near barreter in the dictionary

  1. barrers
  2. barres
  3. Barresi
  4. Barresis
  5. barret
  6. barreter
  7. barreters
  8. barreth
  9. Barreto
  10. barretor
  11. barretors

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