potentiometer

1. A user-adjustable three-terminal variable resistor that can be used as a voltage divider.

   Potentiometer

   потенциометрpotenciometr

   a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets

2. 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.

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