Synonyms for "rheostat" (8 found)

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Closest matches (2)

devicedimmer

Strong matches (2)

electrical parts and devicesgenerator

Related words (4)

partsradio receiverrelay

Noun(1 words)

variable resistor

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

2 entries

resistanceresistor

Synonyms

1 entries

dimmer

Related terms

1 entries

potentiometer

at location

1 entries

light switch

derived

1 entries

rheostatic

derived from

1 entries

rheo

is a

1 entries

resistor

related to

5 entries

electricalresistanceresistorterminalvariable

Translations

19 translations across 13 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries

• реоста́т noun (resistor with adjustable resistance)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

• 變阻器 /变阻器 noun (resistor with adjustable resistance)

Czech

2 entries

• potenciometr noun (resistor with adjustable resistance)
• reostat noun (resistor with adjustable resistance)

Dutch

2 entries

• regelweerstand noun (resistor with adjustable resistance)
• reostaat noun (resistor with adjustable resistance)

Finnish

1 entries

• reostaatti noun (resistor with adjustable resistance)

French

2 entries

• potentiomètre noun (resistor with adjustable resistance)
• rhéostat noun (resistor with adjustable resistance)

German

2 entries

• Rheostat noun (resistor with adjustable resistance)
• Widerstand noun (resistor with adjustable resistance)

Italian

2 entries

• potenziometro noun (resistor with adjustable resistance)
• reostato noun (resistor with adjustable resistance)

Polish

1 entries

• reostat noun (resistor with adjustable resistance)

Romanian

1 entries

• reostat noun (resistor with adjustable resistance)

Russian

1 entries

• реоста́т noun (resistor with adjustable resistance)

Spanish

2 entries

• reostato noun (resistor with adjustable resistance)
• reóstato noun (resistor with adjustable resistance)

Vietnamese

1 entries

• biến trở noun (resistor with adjustable resistance)

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