variocoupler

[vair-ee-oh-kuhp-ler]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Electricity.

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

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Potentiometer, variometer, variocoupler, radio frequency, amplification, loop a�rials, audion and grids—no, I am not saying these words to show off.

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

ROTOR.—The rotating coil of a variometer or a variocoupler.

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

VARIOCOUPLER.—A tuning device for varying the inductance of the receiving oscillation circuits.

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