pot
- noun
- /pɑt/
- Specialized
- And in fact, when I turn the pot, the motor moves.
Examples
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And there's the gain and offset pots for each axis and the wires going into the board here.
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The engineer calibrated the pot to adjust the volume on the radio.
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The overheating has melted the pressure pot.
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Same circuit, except we used a 10k digital pot and a few other little bits to adjust the pot up and down, depending on position in the wave.
Blog text (18) -
The circuit I chose included a variable delay that did not prove satisfactory (note the two pots in Figure 4).
Academic text (1994) -
It has an integral power supply for direct online operation, incorporates comprehensive fault detection, and requires no tuning of pots, jumpers, DIP switches, or personality modules.
Academic text (1995) -
Adjust the pot carefully to ensure the circuits work correctly.
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Using a multimeter, she measured the resistance of the pot in the circuit.
Synonyms
A small electrical device with a knob that changes voltage in a circuit
Idioms
- Offensive
Tell someone in a rude way to decide now or stop wasting time
Compounds
- US
A large piece of beef slow cooked in liquid in a covered pot with vegetables like carrots and potatoes
- Informal
A place where people from different cultures mix and become one community
- US
Liquid left in a pot after cooking vegetables or meat that is used as a base for soup
- Specialized
A device with a piston that moves through liquid or air to slow sudden movement in machines
- Specialized
A small heatproof bowl made of bone ash to separate metals like gold or silver during testing
A spicy soup with cow tripe, vegetables, and pepper often with dumplings
- US
A mild soft white cheese that comes from milk curds, often used as a spread or in cooking
Surface Forms
Etymology
In electronics, pot is simply a short form of potentiometer, a small part you turn to change volume or brightness. So technicians call the control a 'pot' because it is an easy, short name for the full device.