Taber's Medical Dictionary
potentiometer
(pŏ-ten″chē-om′ĕt-ĕr )
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A voltmeter.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Potentiometer." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/751419/0/potentiometer.
Potentiometer. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/751419/0/potentiometer. Accessed April 18, 2026.
Potentiometer. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/751419/0/potentiometer
Potentiometer [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 18]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/751419/0/potentiometer.
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