2. Adjective. (biochemistry) Of or pertaining to rheostasis ¹
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Definition of Rheostatic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rheostatic
Literary usage of Rheostatic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Electric Traction and Transmission Engineering by Samuel Sheldon, Erich Hausmann (1911)
"In the rheostatic method, for use with one or more motors, resistance is ...
A scheme of connection for a rheostatic railway controller is indicated in Fig. ..."
2. Electric Traction and Transmission Engineering by Samuel Sheldon, Erich Hausmann (1911)
"In the rheostatic method, for use with one or more motors, resistance is connected
in series ... A scheme of connection for a rheostatic railway controller ..."
3. Electric Traction and Transmission Engineering by Samuel Sheldon, Erich Hausmann (1920)
"In the rheostatic method, for use with one or more motors, resistance is ...
A scheme of connection for a rheostatic railway controller is indicated in Fig. ..."
4. The Storage of Electrical Energy: And Researches in the Effects Created by by Gaston Planté (1887)
"Figure 77 represents the rheostatic machine of eighty condensers that we used in
these experiments. The vulcanite cylinder of the commutator is one metre ..."
5. A Physical Treatise on Eletricity and Magnetism by James Edward Henry Gordon (1880)
"The rheostatic machine was charged by means of a battery of from 600 to 800 ...
M. Plante has also arranged a rheostatic machine for " quantity •" effects. ..."
6. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1905)
"SPEED CONTROL rheostatic CONTROL 49. Since the speed of a series motor can be
varied by ... On account of the somewhat extended use of rheostatic control in ..."
7. Electric Traction: A Treatise on the Application of Electric Power to by Alfred Thomas Dover (1917)
"These methods may be summarised as follows : (1) rheostatic control, (2) control by
... Generally, rheostatic control is required with the cascade and ..."
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