Associations to the word «Rheostat»

Wiktionary

RHEOSTAT, noun. An electrical resistor, with two terminals, whose resistance is continuously variable by moving a knob or slider.

Dictionary definition

RHEOSTAT, noun. Resistor for regulating current.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King