English Explanatory Dictionary

barreter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A variable resistor made up of a short length of very fine wire (usually platinum) having a positive temperature coefficient.
noun
  1. A contentious person, quarreler, or fighter.

Word forms

barreter barreters

Etymology

Apparently a variant of barretter (“ballast resistor”), which in turn may be from Old French barateor (“barrator”).

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