POTENTIAL DIVIDER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Resistors connected in series across a voltage source; used to obtain a desired fraction of the voltage

Synonyms:

potential divider; voltage divider

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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)