Term: ballast resistor: a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations)
Broader: resistor: an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current | Unrelated: bad manners: impoliteness resulting from ignorance
Broader: resistor: an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current | Unrelated: boolean operation: an operation that follows the rules of Boolean algebra; each operand and the result take one of two values
Broader: resistor: an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current | Unrelated: guide word: a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page
Broader: resistor: an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current | Unrelated: ericales: Ericaceae; Clethraceae; Diapensiaceae; Epacridaceae; Lennoaceae; Pyrolaceae; Monotropaceae
Broader: resistor: an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current | Unrelated: honey mushroom: a honey-colored edible mushroom commonly associated with the roots of trees in late summer and fall; do not eat raw
Broader: resistor: an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current | Unrelated: hydrogen sulfide: a sulfide having the unpleasant smell of rotten eggs
Broader: resistor: an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current | Unrelated: flag officer: a senior naval officer above the rank of captain
Broader: resistor: an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current | Unrelated: epiphora: repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc.
Broader: resistor: an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current | Unrelated: folk singer: a singer of folk songs
Broader: resistor: an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current | Unrelated: orchotomy: surgical incision into the testis to obtain material for analysis (as in cases of abnormally low sperm count)