Synonyms of the word

potentiometer

• n. (electronics) A user-adjustable variable resistor that functions as a voltage divider.
• n. (physics) An instrument that measures a voltage by opposing it with a precise fraction of a known voltage,…

pot

• n. A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food.
• n. Various similar open-topped vessels, particularly.
• n. (slang) Ruin or deterioration.
• n. (historical) An iron hat with a broad brim worn as a helmet.
• n. (rail transport) A pot-shaped non-conducting (usually ceramic) stand that supports an electrified rail…
• n. (gambling) The money available to be won in a hand of poker or a round of other games of chance; (figuratively)…
• n. (Britain, horse-racing, slang) A favorite: a heavily-backed horse.
• n. (sports) The act of causing a ball to fall into a pocket in cue sports such as billiards.
• n. (slang) Clipping of potbelly: a pot-shaped belly, a paunch.
• n. (slang) Clipping of potshot: a haphazard shot; an easy or cheap shot.
• n. (chiefly East Midlands, Yorkshire) A plaster cast.
• n. (historical) Alternative form of pott: a former size of paper, 12.5 × 15 inches.
• v. To put (something) into a pot.
• v. To preserve by bottling or canning.
• v. (cue sports) To cause a ball to fall into a pocket.
• v. (cue sports) To be capable of being potted.
• v. (transitive) To shoot with a firearm.
• v. (intransitive, dated) To take a pot shot, or haphazard shot, with a firearm.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To secure; gain; win; bag.
• v. (Britain) To send someone to gaol, expeditiously.
• v. (obsolete, dialect, Britain) To tipple; to drink.
• v. (transitive) To drain.
• v. (transitive, Britain) To seat a person, usually a young child, onto a potty or toilet, typically during…
• v. (chiefly East Midlands) To apply a plaster cast to a broken limb.
• n. (slang, uncountable) Marijuana.
• n. (slang, electronics) A simple electromechanical device used to control resistance or voltage (often to…
• n. (role-playing games) Clipping of potion.