BALLAST RESISTOR

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations)

Synonyms:

ballast; ballast resistor; barretter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("ballast resistor" is a kind of...):

resistance; resistor (an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current)

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