POTENTIAL DIVIDER

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 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)

Sense 1

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)