noun🔗ShareRhéostatsAn electrical resistor, with two terminals, whose resistance is continuously variable by moving a knob or slider."The science student used rheostats to carefully control the brightness of the light bulb in her experiment. "L'étudiant en sciences a utilisé des rhéostats pour contrôler soigneusement la luminosité de l'ampoule dans son expérience.electronicsdeviceelectrictechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading