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- Definição1
- A variable resistor having two connections to install it in a circuit. The resistance element of a rheostat is made either of wire wound on a circular insulating card or of a carbon compound molded onto a disk. A wiper moves across the resistance element to change the amount of resistance put into the circuit. A rheostat is similar to a potentiometer except that the potentiometer has three connections rather than two.
- Fonte1
- CRANE, Dale (ed.). Dictionary of aeronautical terms. 2nd ed. Renton: ASA, 1991.
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