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potentiometer

/pəˌtɛn(t)ʃiˈɑmɪtəɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English

Syllables
po-ten-tiome-ter
IPA
/pəˌtɛn(t)ʃiˈɑmɪtəɹ/
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

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.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /pəˌtɛn(t)ʃiˈɑmɪtəɹ/
  • British English: /pəˌtɛn(t)ʃiˈɒmɪtə/

Inflected Forms

potentiometers (plural) potentiometre (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

pot potentiometry

Synonyms

pot

Rhymes With

thermometer kilometre kilometer barometer spectrometer speedometer magnetometer spectrophotometer hydrometer hygrometer photometer galvanometer

Questions

How do you pronounce potentiometer?
The recorded pronunciation is /pəˌtɛn(t)ʃiˈɑmɪtəɹ/.
What does potentiometer mean?
A user-adjustable three-terminal variable resistor that can be used as a voltage divider.

How to pronounce potentiometer

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