potential divider
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potential divider
a chain of resistors (or inductors or capacitors) connected in series, across which an electric potential may be applied and from which a desired fraction of the potential may then be obtained from a contact suitably placed in the chain. See also potentiometer (def. 3).
| potential difference, potential, potency | |
| potential energy, potential energy barrier, potential gradient |
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