rheostatic adjective. [ri:ǝ'statɪk] L19.
[formed as RHEOSTAT + -IC.]
1. Designating a machine producing continuous static electrical effects. Only in L19.

2. Of, pertaining to, or involving a rheostat or rheostats; spec. designating a form of brake used in electric vehicles, in which the motors are made to act as generators, the resulting power being dissipated in the starting rheostats. E20.

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