barreter

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A variable resistor made up of a short length of very fine wire (usually platinum) having a positive temperature coefficient.
    — Fessenden determined that a current-operated detector would offer advantages over those operated by voltage and based these deductions on his hot-wire barreter.
  2. A contentious person, quarreler, or fighter.

词形变化

barreters plural barreters plural

词源

词源 1
Apparently a variant of barretter (“ballast resistor”), which in turn may be from Old French barateor (“barrator”).
词源 2
Variant of barrator.
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