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RHEOSTAT

\ɹɪˈɒstat], \ɹɪˈɒstat], \ɹ_ɪ__ˈɒ_s_t_a_t]\

Definitions of RHEOSTAT

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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resistor for regulating current

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

resistor for regulating current

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

A contrivance for measuring current strength of electricity by resistance coils or the like.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Appliance for regulating the resistance in an electric circuit.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

An apparatus for regulating the intensity of an electrical current by interposing an adjustable length of some substance that is relatively a poor conductor; usually a volume of water or a number of coils of wire. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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