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Potentiometer
Meaning
Noun
●
In Electronics:
A user-adjustable three-terminal
variable
resistor
that can be used as a
voltage
divider.
●
In Physics & Measuring instruments:
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.
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