"decade box" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: decade boxes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} decade box (plural decade boxes)
  1. (electronics) A piece of test equipment used during prototyping of circuits to vary the resistance, capacitance, or inductance by means of a knob or switch.
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