potenziometro — meaning in English
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English meaning
- dimmer noun A switch or dial that adjusts the brightness of an electric light.
Senses
potenziometro is used for these senses in English:
- dimmer A rheostat that is used to vary the intensity of a domestic electric light
- potentiometer (electronics) A user-adjustable three-terminal variable resistor that can be used as a voltage divider.
- potentiometer (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. [from late 19th c.]
- rheostat (electronics, technology) An electrical resistor, with two terminals, whose resistance is continuously variable by moving a knob or slider.
dimmer — full definition
- noun A switch or dial that adjusts the brightness of an electric light.
- noun North American term for the switch that toggles a car's headlights between low and high beam.
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