potentiometer

potentiometer
1. An instrument used for measuring small differences in electrical potential. 2. An electrical resistor of fixed total resistance between two terminals, but with a third terminal attached to a slider that can make contact at any desired point along the resistance. [L. potentia, power, + G. metron, measure]

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po·ten·ti·om·e·ter pə-.ten-chē-'äm-ət-ər n an instrument for measuring electromotive forces
po·ten·tio·met·ric -ch(ē-)ə-'me-trik adj

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po·ten·ti·om·e·ter (po-ten″she-omґə-tər) an instrument for the accurate measuring of voltage.

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