barreterとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

barreter (plural barreters)

1. A variable resistor made up of a short length of very fine wire (usually platinum) having a positive temperature coefficient.
   • 1904, Engineering Magazine, volume 27, page 380:

     Fessenden determined that a current-operated detector would offer advantages over those operated by voltage and based these deductions on his hot-wire barreter.

語源 2

Variant of barrator.

名詞

barreter (plural barreters)

1. A contentious person, quarreler, or fighter.

参照

• “barretter, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• “barrator, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

アナグラム

• barterer, rebarter