- Potentiometer (pot)
- A&VA resistor that has a variable contact so that a portion of the potential applied between its ends may be selected.
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Potentiometer (pot)
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Pot mod — A pot mod is a modification made to a CD/DVD ROM potentiometer. The potentiometer itself tells the laser how bright to shine. Typically, this is either screwed in/out to fix problems with the drive not reading media.Recently, with the spread of… … Wikipedia
Pot — may refer to: Containers * Flowerpot, a container for growing plants * Cooking pot * Chamber pot * Pot (poker) * Pot glass, a kind of beer glass * Pot haircut, looking as though someone put a bowl on the head and cut off all the visible hair *… … Wikipedia
Pot — bezeichnet: im englischsprachigen Raum umgangssprachlich THC haltige Drogen, siehe auch Drogenhanf im französischsprachigen Raum Kanne, Topf, Umtrunk beim Poker und einigen anderen Kartenspielen die von den Spielern insgesamt gemachten Einsätze.… … Deutsch Wikipedia
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pot — pot1 noun 1》 a rounded or cylindrical container used for storage or cooking. ↘a container designed to hold a particular substance: a coffee pot. ↘a flowerpot. 2》 (the pot) the total sum of the bets made on a round in poker, brag, etc. 3》… … English new terms dictionary
pot — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pott; akin to Middle Low German pot pot Date: before 12th century 1. a. a usually rounded metal or earthen container used chiefly for domestic purposes (as in cooking or for holding liquids or… … New Collegiate Dictionary
pot — WikiB Potentiometer: A control for attenuating the level of a signal. Also used as a verb, as in pot up (increase volume, typically but not always from nothing) or pot down (lower volume, sometimes to nothing) … Audio and video glossary
pot. — Elect. 1. potential. 2. potentiometer. * * * abbr. Electrical ■ potential ■ potentiometer … Useful english dictionary
pot mod — verb To modify the potentiometer of a laser so as to increase its power output above safer conventional levels, a practice among handheld laser enthusiasts and some manufacturers. The laser was pot modded, so eventually its diode burned out with… … Wiktionary
pot — [1] A colloquial term for carburetor. [2] An abbreviation for a potentiometer, also called a rheostat [3] A cylinder. [4] A dashpot. [5] Also see mush pot … Dictionary of automotive terms
