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Rheostat
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A contrivance for adjusting or regulating the strength of electrical currents, operating usually by the intercalation of resistance which can be varied at will.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Rheostat'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/r/rheostat.html. 1828.