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Varistor

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Varistor"

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Word	Definition
oxidenoun	(chemistry) A binary chemical compound of oxygen with another chemical element.
photovaristornoun	A varistor in which the relationship between voltage and current is light-dependent
varactornoun	(electronics) A solid-state diode whose capacitance varies with the applied voltage.
barristornoun	(physics) A form of solid-state triode that features a variable barrier
resistornoun	(electronics) An electric component that transmits current in direct proportion to the voltage across it.
thyratronnoun	(electronics) Any of several types of thermoelectric valve once used as a high-speed switch
voltometernoun	Alternative form of voltmeter. [An instrument for measuring electric potential in volts.]
memristornoun	(physics) A passive electrical element in which the electrical resistance is proportional to the integral of the electrical current between the terminals.
ballast resistornoun	An electrical resistor whose resistance varies with the current passing through it, and thus tends to maintain a constant current
ripple voltagenoun	A small, regular variation in a direct current voltage that remains after rectification and filtering of an alternating current voltage.
voltameternoun	An instrument used to measure the quantity of electric charge.
voltage multipliernoun	An electronic circuit that provides an output voltage higher than the input voltage, by means of capacitors and diodes.
kilovarnoun	A unit of electrical power equal to 1,000 vars.
posistornoun	A thermistor whose resistance increases with temperature.
transductornoun	A kind of magnetic amplifier used in power systems for compensating reactive power.
potentiogalvanostatnoun	Any device that delivers a constant electric current at a constant voltage
varitronnoun	(physics) An alleged subatomic particle with variable mass that Armenian physicists claimed to have discovered in the 1940s, but which was subsequently debunked.
transformernoun	Something that transforms, changing its own or another thing's shape.
across variablenoun	(physics) A variable whose value is determined by measuring a difference of the values at two extreme points of an element; thus voltage is a difference in two levels of potential.
variablenoun	(programming) A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them.