rheostat

See also: rhéostat

English

A light switch with a rheostat

Etymology

From rheo- +‎ -stat.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːəstæt/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

rheostat (plural rheostats)

1. An electrical resistor, with two terminals, whose resistance is continuously variable by moving a knob or slider.

Synonyms

• dimmer, dimmer switch (when applied to lights)

Derived terms

• rheostatic

Translations

resistor with adjustable resistance

• Bulgarian: реостат m (reostat)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 變阻器／变阻器 (zh) (biànzǔqì)

• Czech: reostat m, potenciometr m
• Finnish: reostaatti
• French: rhéostat (fr) m, potentiomètre (fr) m
• German: Rheostat (de) m
• Italian: reostato (it) m, potenziometro (it) m
• Romanian: reostat (ro) n
• Spanish: reostato (es) m, reóstato m
• Vietnamese: biến trở (vi)

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