Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining or relating to a rheostat: incorrectly used to note a device of Planté's, which is essentially a commutator, by means of which the grouping of a number of secondary cells can be rapidly changed.
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- adjective
regulated using arheostat - adjective biochemistry Of or pertaining to
rheostasis
Etymologies
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From rheo- + -static
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Examples
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I can think of a hundred ways to describe a Maserati's ear-strafing exhaust note, but I'm rather at a loss to describe the nearly mute and rheostatic squeeze-and-go response of the Leaf.
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The rheostatic resistances introduced into this second circuit were made to depart more or less from that of the first, according as it was desired to introduce a greater or slighter periodic accent into the series.
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V = 400, dc shunt, hoist raise 400kg at 2.5 m\sec, I =?. load is lowered R =? rheostatic break, eff m = 85%, eff hoist = 75?
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V = 400, dc shunt, hoist raise 400kg at 2.5 m\sec, I =?. load is lowered R =? rheostatic break, eff
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