"potentiometer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: potentiometers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} potentiometer (plural potentiometers)
  1. (electronics) A user-adjustable three-terminal variable resistor that can be used as a voltage divider. Categories (topical): Electronics Translations (user-adjustable variable resistor): مقياس الجهد الانزلاقي (Arabic), potenciometr [masculine] (Czech), potentiometer [masculine] (Dutch), potmeter [masculine] (Dutch), potentiometri (Finnish), potentiomètre [masculine] (French), Potentiometer [neuter] (German), ποτενσιόμετρο (potensiómetro) [neuter] (Greek), ρυθμιστής τάσης (rythmistís tásis) [masculine] (Greek), מד מתח (mad métakh) [masculine] (Hebrew), פוטנציומטר (potentsiyométer) [masculine] (Hebrew), potenciométer (Hungarian), reostato [masculine] (Italian), ポテンショメータ (potenshomēta) (Japanese), 가변저항 (gabyeonjeohang) (Korean), potencjometr (Polish), potenciômetro [masculine] (Portuguese), потенциометр (potenciometr) [masculine] (Russian), потенциометар (potenciometar) (Serbo-Croatian), potenciómetro [masculine] (Spanish), biến trở (Vietnamese), chiết áp (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-potentiometer-en-noun-mG5ppFf1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 73 27 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'user-adjustable variable resistor': 83 17
  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. Categories (topical): Physics, Measuring instruments Translations (instrument that measures a voltage): potenziometro [masculine] (Italian), 電位差計 (den'isakei) (Japanese), potensiometer (Malay)
    Sense id: en-potentiometer-en-noun-2zM5d35r Disambiguation of Measuring instruments: 9 91 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'instrument that measures a voltage': 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: potentiometre [nonstandard, rare] Related terms: pot, potentiometry

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