wire-wound potentiometer

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wire-wound potentiometer [′wīr ¦wau̇nd pə‚ten·chē′äm·əd·ər]

(electricity)

A potentiometer which is similar to a slide-wire potentiometer, except that the resistance wire is wound on a form and contact is made by a slider which moves along an edge from turn to turn.

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