Potentiometer

Definition: Potentiometer

Potentiometer

Noun

1. A measuring instrument for measuring direct current electromotive forces.

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

Note: Potentiometer \Po*ten`ti*om"e*ter\, noun. [Potential -meter.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definition: Potentiometer

Domain	Definition
Electrical Engineering	Consists of a fixed resistor between two contacts. Source: European Union. (references)
Aerospace	1. An instrument for measuring differences in electric potential by balancing the unknown voltage against a variable know voltage. If the balancing is accomplished automatically, the instrument is called a self-balancing potentiometer.2. A variable electric resistor. (references)
Computing	An encoder based on tapping the voltage at various points along a continuous electrical resistive element. Source: European Union. (references)
Electrical Engineering	Measurement techniques:an instrument for measuring an unknown electromotive force or potential difference. Source: European Union. (references)
Industry	Minivolt meter calibrated to sense temperature in desired range usually direct reading. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Potentiometer

Synonym: pot (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Potentiometer

Specialty definitions using "potentiometer": ASSEMBLER, ELECTRICAL ACCESSORIES II ♦ BRIQUETTER OPERATOR ♦ ELECTRICAL-INSTRUMENT REPAIRER ♦ FINAL TESTER ♦ instrument maker, instrument repairer ♦ microdensitometer, microelectronic potentiometer ♦ pickoff, potentiometric transducer, pyrometer operator ♦ self-balancing potentiometer, SHRINK-PIT OPERATOR. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Potentiometer" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Swedish (potentiometer).

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Usage Frequency: Potentiometer

"Potentiometer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 71.43% of the time. "Potentiometer" is used about 21 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	71.43%	15	90,616
Adjective (comparative)	28.57%	6	143,867
Total	100.00%	21	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Potentiometer

Expression using "potentiometer": microelectronic potentiometer. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Potentiometer

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
potentiometer	260	guitar potentiometer	4
digital and potentiometer	35	motor potentiometer trolling	4
linear potentiometer	22	noble potentiometer	4
bourns potentiometer	19	piher potentiometer	4
slide potentiometer	13	potentiometer works	4
alps potentiometer	12	allen bradley potentiometer	4
rotary potentiometer	12	wirewound potentiometer	3
motorized potentiometer	9	20 ohm potentiometer	3
potentiometer knob	9	variable resistor potentiometer	3
trimmer potentiometer	9	potentiometer wiring	3
precision potentiometer	8	beckman potentiometer	3
cts potentiometer	8	fader potentiometer	3
clarostat potentiometer	7	linear measurement potentiometer system	3
string potentiometer	6	servo potentiometer	3
alpha potentiometer	6	potentiometer ten turn	3
audio potentiometer	5	potentiometer thumbwheel	3
conductive plastic potentiometer	5	potentiometer rheostat	3
spectrol potentiometer	5	high temperature potentiometer	2
potentiometer switch	5	potentiometer dual	2
potentiometer manufacturer	4	potentiometer tbx	2
		potentiometer wire wound	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Potentiometer

Language		Translations for "potentiometer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		voltmetër (voltmeter). (various references)

Arabic		‏مقياس الجهد. (various references)

Chinese		�"�位器. (various references)

Danish		potentiometerføler (potentiometric sensor), potentiometer (fader), styrkeregulator, kompensator (linear shim, shim). (various references)

Dutch		potentiometrische sensor (potentiometric sensor), potentiometer (potentiometric sensor), spanningsdeler (bleeder). (various references)

Finnish		potentiometrianturi (potentiometric sensor), potentiometri (potentiometric sensor). (various references)

French		potentiomètre. (various references)

German		Teilspannungsmesser. (various references)

Greek		ποτενσιόμετρο. (various references)

Hungarian		potenciométer. (various references)

Italian		potenziometro. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		電位差計 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		で�"いさけい. (various references)

Manx		voltmeih. (various references)

Pig Latin		otentiometerpay

Portuguese		potenciómetro, potenciômetro (pot), sensor potenciométrico (potentiometric sensor). (various references)

Russian		потенциометр. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		potenciometar. (various references)

Spanish		potenciómetro. (various references)

Swedish		potentiometersensor (potentiometric sensor), potentiometer. (various references)

Turkish		potansiyometre. (various references)

Ukrainian		потенціометр. (various references)

Vietnamese		cái phân thế. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Potentiometer

Derivations
	Words beginning with "potentiometer": potentiometers. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Potentiometer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: potentimeter. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Potentiometer"

Words rhyming with "potentiometer" (pronounced 'Po*ten`ti*om"e*ter'): Abutter, Acater, Accelerometer, Accipiter, Acetimeter, Acetometer, Acidimeter, Acoumeter, Acquitter, Acroter, Actinometer, Adelaster, Admitter, Adulter, Aerometer, Aflutter, Aglitter, Airometer, Alabaster, Albuminimeter, Alcalimeter, Aleurometer, Algometer, Alkalimeter, Allotter, Altimeter, Altometer, Ammeter, Amphiaster, Amylobacter, Amylometer, Anemometer, Anglemeter, Angulometer, Animater, Anthracometer, Antimeter, Antitrochanter, Apomecometer, Apporter, Araeometer, Archiater, Archpresbyter, Areometer, Arithmometer, Astrolater, Astrometer, Astrophotometer, Atmidometer, Atmometer. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Potentiometer

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-e-i-m-n-o-o-p-r-t-t-t"
	-4 letters: meteorite, permittee, potometer, remittent, tonometer, treponeme.
	-5 letters: entrepot, impotent, motioner, optionee, orpiment, remotion, roomette, tenorite, totemite.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-e-i-m-n-o-o-p-r-t-t-t"
	+1 letter: potentiometers.
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