barreter

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noun

A variable resistor made up of a short length of very fine wire (usually platinum) having a positive temperature coefficient.

OriginOld French barateor →
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Meanings

barreter1

nounbarreter (plural barreters)

plural barreters

  1. A variable resistor made up of a short length of very fine wire (usually platinum) having a positive temperature coefficient.

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

    1904, Engineering Magazine, volume 27, page 380

barreter2

nounbarreter (plural barreters)

plural barreters

  1. A contentious person, quarreler, or fighter.

Origin

barreter · noun

  1. Old Frenchbarateor“barrator”
  2. Englishbarreter

Apparently a variant of barretter (“ballast resistor”), which in turn may be from Old French barateor (“barrator”).

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barreter · noun

Variant of barrator.

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rebarterbarterer
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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “barreter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barreter.

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