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potentiometer

/pəˌtɛn(t)ʃiˈɒmɪtə/US/pəˌtɛn(t)ʃiˈɑmɪtəɹ/

potentiometer noun: a user-adjustable three-terminal variable resistor that can be used as a voltage divider.

potentiometer: a user-adjustable three-terminal variable resistor that can be used as a voltage divider
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Noun

potentiometer (plural potentiometers)

  1. A user-adjustable three-terminal variable resistor that can be used as a voltage divider.
  2. 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.

potentiometer meaning in Tamil, Arabic, Malay and Vietnamese

potentiometer in Tamil

மின்னழுத்த அளவி, மின்னழுத்தமானி, அழுத்தமானி, ஒப்பு மின்னழுத்த அளவி, மின்னழுத்த வேறுபடுத்தி

potentiometer in Arabic

user-adjustable variable resistor
مقياس الجهد الانزلاقي

potentiometer in Malay

instrument that measures a voltage
potensiometer

potentiometer in Vietnamese

user-adjustable variable resistor
biến trở, chiết áp

Forms of potentiometer

pluralpotentiometers
alternative formpotentiometre

Words that rhyme with potentiometer

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Questions about potentiometer

What does potentiometer mean?
Potentiometer means a user-adjustable three-terminal variable resistor that can be used as a voltage divider.
What is potentiometer in Tamil?
Potentiometer in Tamil is மின்னழுத்த அளவி, மின்னழுத்தமானி, அழுத்தமானி. See Potentiometer meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is potentiometer?
Potentiometer is a noun.
How do you pronounce potentiometer?
Potentiometer is pronounced /pəˌtɛn(t)ʃiˈɒmɪtə/ (UK).
What is the plural of potentiometer?
The plural of potentiometer is potentiometers.

Words near potentiometer in the dictionary

  1. potentillas
  2. potentiodynamic
  3. potentiodynamically
  4. potentiogalvanostat
  5. potentiogalvanostats
  6. potentiometer
  7. potentiometers
  8. potentiometre
  9. potentiometres
  10. potentiometric
  11. potentiometrically

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Adapted from Wiktionary: potentiometer (page history and authors); potentiometer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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