rheostat noun. ['ri:ǝstat] M19.
[from RHEO- + -STAT.]
Electricity. A device, esp. of variable resistance, which allows the current in a circuit to be adjusted; spec. a variable resistor with a wire-wound core along which a contact can be slid.
liquid rheostat: see LIQUID adjective & noun.

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