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pot mod

pot mod verb: to modify the potentiometer of a laser so as to increase its power output above safer conventional levels, a practice among handheld laser enthusiasts and some manufacturers.

Verb

pot mod (third-person singular simple present pot mods, present participle pot modding, simple past and past participle pot modded)

  1. To modify the potentiometer of a laser so as to increase its power output above safer conventional levels, a practice among handheld laser enthusiasts and some manufacturers.
    • The laser was pot modded, so eventually its diode burned out with overuse.

Forms of pot mod

third-person singular presentpot mods
present participlepot modding
past participlepot modded
pastpot modded

Origin of pot mod

Abbreviation from "potentiometer modification".

Questions about pot mod

What does pot mod mean?
Pot mod means to modify the potentiometer of a laser so as to increase its power output above safer conventional levels, a practice among handheld laser enthusiasts and some manufacturers.
What part of speech is pot mod?
Pot mod is a verb.
What is the past tense of pot mod?
The past tense of pot mod is pot modded.

Words near pot mod in the dictionary

  1. pot marigold
  2. pot marigolds
  3. pot men
  4. pot metal
  5. pot metals
  6. pot mod
  7. pot modded
  8. pot modding
  9. pot mods
  10. pot noodle
  11. pot noodles

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