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Definition of Potentiometer
1. Noun. A measuring instrument for measuring direct current electromotive forces.
2. Noun. A resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets.
Definition of Potentiometer
1. n. An instrument for measuring or comparing electrial potentials or electro-motive forces.
Definition of Potentiometer
1. Noun. (electronics) a user-adjustable variable resistor that functions as a voltage divider. ¹
2. Noun. (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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Potentiometer
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Potentiometer
Literary usage of Potentiometer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Experimental Electrical Engineering and Manual for Electrical Testing for by Vladimir Karapetoff (1922)
"If possible, check the resistances of the potentiometer itself, ... EXPERIMENT 3-G.
— Calibration of an Ammeter with a potentiometer and a Standard ..."
2. A Course in Electrical Engineering by Chester Laurens Dawes (1920)
"the readings on the potentiometer are all made one-tenth their previous values.
An external view of this potentiometer is shown in Fig. 139. 127. ..."
3. A Course in Electrical Engineering by Chester Laurens Dawes (1920)
"the readings on the potentiometer are all made one-tenth their previous values.
An external view of this potentiometer is shown in Fig. 139. 127. ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1919)
"When a sinusoidal alternating current 1p rms amperes L, from the oscillator source
O, at a suitable impressed frequency, passes through the potentiometer ..."
5. Electrical Engineering: The Theory and Characteristics of Electrical by Clarence Victor Christie (1917)
"The resistance of the potentiometer from A to Bis R2 and from B to C is Ri. ...
potentiometer. The resistance of the circuit between A and B is RA the ..."
6. Electricity and Magnetism: Electrodynamics. Electrical Resistance and by International Correspondence Schools (1905)
"First obtain a balance with yz connected to the potentiometer and then with uv.
The current from E must be the same when balances are obtained for yz and ..."
7. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1906)
"Then the unknown resistance is to the standard known resistance as the potentiometer
reading for uv is to the potentiometer reading for y z. ..."
8. Experimental Electrical Engineering and Manual for Electrical Testing for by Vladimir Karapetoff (1922)
"If possible, check the resistances of the potentiometer itself, ... EXPERIMENT 3-G.
— Calibration of an Ammeter with a potentiometer and a Standard ..."
9. A Course in Electrical Engineering by Chester Laurens Dawes (1920)
"the readings on the potentiometer are all made one-tenth their previous values.
An external view of this potentiometer is shown in Fig. 139. 127. ..."
10. A Course in Electrical Engineering by Chester Laurens Dawes (1920)
"the readings on the potentiometer are all made one-tenth their previous values.
An external view of this potentiometer is shown in Fig. 139. 127. ..."
11. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1919)
"When a sinusoidal alternating current 1p rms amperes L, from the oscillator source
O, at a suitable impressed frequency, passes through the potentiometer ..."
12. Electrical Engineering: The Theory and Characteristics of Electrical by Clarence Victor Christie (1917)
"The resistance of the potentiometer from A to Bis R2 and from B to C is Ri. ...
potentiometer. The resistance of the circuit between A and B is RA the ..."
13. Electricity and Magnetism: Electrodynamics. Electrical Resistance and by International Correspondence Schools (1905)
"First obtain a balance with yz connected to the potentiometer and then with uv.
The current from E must be the same when balances are obtained for yz and ..."
14. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1906)
"Then the unknown resistance is to the standard known resistance as the potentiometer
reading for uv is to the potentiometer reading for y z. ..."
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