potentiometer

  1. Noun.  (electronics) a user-adjustable variable resistor that functions as a voltage divider.
  2. Noun.  (physics) 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.

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