voltage divider
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Noun
[edit]voltage divider (plural voltage dividers)
- (electronics) A type of simple electronic circuit which reduces any input voltage by a fixed factor using sources of impedance (such as resistors) connected in series.
- Coordinate term: current divider
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “voltage divider”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- “voltage divider”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.