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An external,variableresistorcontrols the motor speed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Avariableresistorwould dissipate power as heat and acts as a voltage divider.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If only two terminals are used, one end and the wiper, it acts as a "variableresistor" or "rheostat".
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The vibrato bug is a four-wire device consisting of a neon tube and light-dependentvariableresistor, packaged in a short section of black tubing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The name is a portmanteau of "variableresistor".
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The joystick potentiometer acted as avariableresistor.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The static pressure inside the chamber was used to control the degree of collapse of the tube, so providing avariableresistor.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The depth control limits the amount of application thevariableresistorhas on the audio signal.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Linear conductances are represented by resistors and voltage-dependent conductances are represented by variable resistors.
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An electric current is sent through thevariableresistorto which a float is connected, so that the value of resistance depends on the fuel level.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Only non-ohmic variable resistors are usually called varistors.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Circuits, including thermocouples or pressure variable resistors, can be built into the assembly to accurately measure temperature and pressure.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These variable resistors are known as potentiometers when all three terminals are present, since they act as a continuously adjustable voltage divider.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The input was six potentiometers (variable resistors) each having a dial with 26 letters.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Laboratory bridges are usually constructed with high accuracy variable resistors in the two potential arms of the bridge and achieve accuracies suitable for calibrating standard resistors.
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