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Rheostat   Listen
noun
Rheostat  n.  (Elec.) A contrivance for adjusting or regulating the strength of electrical currents, operating usually by the intercalation of resistance which can be varied at will.






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"Rheostat" Quotes from Famous Books



... place in the mine. When he had his crew down there and working at their tasks, he got out the little box. He turned on the current from the small battery installed in it, then began talking at the same time he was turning a rheostat higher and higher. Finally he noticed those mobile ears began to twitch, and as he turned the tones higher and still higher, more and more of the natives stopped work and turned toward him. Finally ...
— Man of Many Minds • E. Everett Evans



Words linked to "Rheostat" :   resistor, dimmer, resistance, variable resistor, wiper arm, wiper, contact arm



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