Assertion: variable resistor | /r/Synonym | potentiometer
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text: When a variable resistor is used as a potential divider by using 3 terminals it is called a potentiometer.
text: The two most common used variable resistors are Rheostat and Potentiometer.
text: The most used variable resistors are the potentiometer and rheostat.
text: Variable resistors are also called potentiometers and are commonly used as volume controls on audio devices.
text: Mechanical variable resistors are also called potentiometers, and are used in the volume knobs of audio equipment and in many other devices.
text: When they are used as a variable voltage divider, they are called potentiometers.
text: Trimmers can be variable resistors (potentiometers), variable capacitors, or trimmable inductors.