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A contrivance for adjusting or regulating the strength of electrical currents, operating usually by the intercalation of resistance which can be varied at will.

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  1. 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.
  2. n. resistor for regulating current
  3. A contrivance for adjusting or regulating the strength of electrical currents, operating usually by the intercalation of resistance which can be varied at will. Wheatstone. --Rhe`o*stat"ic, a.
  4. A contrivance for adjusting or regulating the strength ofelectrical currents, operating usually by the intercalation ofresistance which can be varied at will. Wheatstone. --Rhe`o*stat"ic,a.
  5. n:100 n. resistor for regulating current