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potentiometer (iou) and Moray Firth (sh)


potentiometer (iou)



potentiometer noun. L19.
[from POTENTIAL + -OMETER.]
A device for measuring potential difference or an electromotive force by balancing it against a variable potential difference of known value produced by passing a known (usu. fixed) current through a known (usu. variable) resistance. L19.
A voltage divider which is regulated by varying a resistance. Also loosely, a rheostat. E20.
potentio'metric adjective of, pertaining to, or by means of a potentiometer or potentiometry E20.
potentio'metrically adverb E20.
potentiometry noun the use of potentiometers, esp. in chemical analysis M20.

Moray Firth (sh)




Inlet of the North Sea, northeastern Scotland.

It extends inland for 39 mi (63 km) and is 16 mi (29 km) wide at its widest point. Its inner reaches are divided by a peninsula, the Black Isle, into two smaller inlets, Cromarty Firth and the Firth of Inverness; the city of Inverness lies there.