Comment on What caused the change in electronic terminology?

FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Rheostats are a type of variable resistor, commonly seen in the form of potentiometers.

“Condenser” came from the analogy of steam power’s condenser, which was a recent/new thing for steam engines around the same time people were starting with electricity. Language changed, though, because the analogy was imperfect.

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