Rheostat
['riːəstæt] or ['riə,stæt]
Definition
(n.) A contrivance for adjusting or regulating the strength of electrical currents, operating usually by the intercalation of resistance which can be varied at will.
Typed by Floyd
Definition
n. the name given by Wheatstone to an instrument for varying an electric resistance between given limits.—adj. Rheostat′ic.—n. Rheostat′ics the statics of fluids.
Typist: Preston
Examples
- The data and parts, such as motor, rheostat, switches, etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- For his quadruplex system, Mr. Edison utilized this fact in the construction of a rheostat or resistance box. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A galvanoscopic frog giving contractions with one cell through two water rheostats was then placed in circuit. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Further elaboration of this method was made later by the addition of rheostats, condensers, and local opposition batteries on long lines. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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