dimmer
See also: Dimmer
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
dimmer (plural dimmers)
- A rheostat that is used to vary the intensity of a domestic electric light
- A switch used to select between the low and high headlamp beam on a road vehicle. (usually as "dimmer switch", primarily in North America; elsewhere "dipswitch" or "dipper switch")
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Rheostat
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Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
dimmer
- comparative form of dim: more dim
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English dimmer. Equivalent to dimmen + -er.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dimmer m (plural dimmers)
- A dimmer (rheostat).
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
dimmer m (definite singular dimmeren, indefinite plural dimmere, definite plural dimmerne)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
dimmer m or f
Verb edit
dimmer
References edit
- “dimmer” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
dimmer f
Verb edit
dimmer