Examples of “potentiometer” in a Sentence

noun A user-adjustable electronic part with three terminals that works as a variable resistor and can divide a voltage.

• Turning the potentiometer raises the volume of the amplifier.
• The dimmer switch uses a potentiometer to adjust the brightness.
• He replaced the worn potentiometer in the guitar.

noun An instrument that measures an unknown voltage by comparing it with an adjustable part of a reference voltage, without drawing current from the source.

• The physicist measured the cell's voltage with a potentiometer.
• A potentiometer gives a reading without drawing current from the cell.
• Students compared the two batteries using a potentiometer.