voltage divider

noun, Electricity

a resistor or series of resistors connected to a voltage source and used to provide voltages that are fractions of that of the source.

Also called potential divider, potentiometer.

Origin

1920-25

Examples from the web for voltage divider

The connection is part of one side of a voltage divider.
The resistance is measured by a voltage divider circuit, and the result is linearized by a look-up-table routine.
The capacitance is part of a voltage divider in the final filter circuit.

British Dictionary definitions for voltage divider

voltage divider

noun

another name for a potential divider

voltage divider in Science

voltage divider
A set of two or more resistors connected in series between an applied voltage, so that the voltage at points between the resistors is a fixed fraction of the applied voltage. Voltage dividers are common in the power supplies of devices such as amplifiers, in which different subcomponents require different voltage levels for their own power supplies.