POTENTIAL DIVIDER
Dictionary entry overview: What does potential divider mean? • POTENTIAL DIVIDER (noun)
The noun POTENTIAL DIVIDER has 1 sense:
1. resistors connected in series across a voltage source; used to obtain a desired fraction of the voltage
Familiarity information: POTENTIAL DIVIDER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• POTENTIAL DIVIDER (noun)
Meaning:
Resistors connected in series across a voltage source; used to obtain a desired fraction of the voltage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
potential divider; voltage divider
Hypernyms ("potential divider" is a kind of...):
resistance; resistor (an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "potential divider"):
pot; potentiometer (a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets)
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