Definition of Potential divider

1. Noun. Resistors connected in series across a voltage source; used to obtain a desired fraction of the voltage.

Exact synonyms: Voltage Divider
Specialized synonyms: Pot, Potentiometer
Generic synonyms: Resistance, Resistor

Lexicographical Neighbors of Potential Divider

poteen
poteens
potence
potences
potencies
potency
potender
potenders
potent
potentacies
potentacy
potentate
potentates
potential
potential difference
potential divider (current term)
potential drop
potential energy
potential unit
potential vorticities
potential vorticity
potential well
potentialities
potentiality
potentialize
potentially
potentially hazardous object
potentially hazardous objects
potentials
potentiate

Literary usage of Potential divider

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science Abstracts by Institution of Electrical Engineers (1900)
"Under the name " potential divider " the author denotes an apparatus formed by a winding on an iron core, whose ends are connected across alternating ..."

2. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1908)
"If the electroscope was adjusted for great sensitiveness, a potential divider P, giving a control of ^ volt, was used as a fine adjustment on the potential ..."

3. Electrical Measurements by Frank Arthur Laws (1917)
"The potential divider may be a high resistance, but it is better to provide taps on the secondary of the high voltage transformer, for in this case the ..."

4. Electrical Measurements by Frank Arthur Laws (1917)
"The potential divider may be a high resistance, but it is better to provide taps on the secondary of the high voltage transformer, for in this case the ..."

5. Electrical Measurements by Frank Arthur Laws (1917)
"The potential divider may be a high resistance, but it is better to provide taps on the secondary of the high voltage transformer, for in this case the ..."

6. Outlines of Electrical Engineering by Harold H. Simmons (1908)
"The Potential-Divider and Siphon-Recorder.—To produce the necessary variable EMF, a potential-divider (sometimes loosely called a potentiometer) is employed ..."

7. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1906)
"... to allow of gradual variations in the potential difference between the electrodes a potential divider of zoo resistances of ю ohms each was used. ..."

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