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variocoupler

[ vair-ee-oh-kuhp-ler ]

noun

, Electricity.
  1. a transformer having coils with a self-impedance that is essentially constant but a mutual impedance that can be varied by moving one coil with respect to the other.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of variocoupler1

First recorded in 1920–25; vari(able) + -o- + coupler
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Example Sentences

The rotor of a variometer or variocoupler is a rotating coil.

This is the part of the variocoupler that is called the stator.

Now connect one end of the secondary coil, or rotor, of the variocoupler with one post of the .0005 mfd.

Don't fail to put a copper shield between the variometer and the variocoupler.

A diagram of a variocoupler is shown at A in Fig. 53, and the coupler itself at B.

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