divider : Idioms & Phrases


Hair compass, Hair divider

  • a compass or divider capable of delicate adjustment by means of a screw.
Webster 1913

potential divider

  • noun resistors connected in series across a voltage source; used to obtain a desired fraction of the voltage
    potential divider.
WordNet

Proportional scales, compasses, dividers, etc.

  • (Draughting), instruments used in making copies of drawings, or drawings of objects, on an enlarged or reduced scale.
Webster 1913

voltage divider

  • noun resistors connected in series across a voltage source; used to obtain a desired fraction of the voltage
    potential divider.
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