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noun
A variable resistor made up of a short length of very fine wire (usually platinum) having a positive temperature coefficient.
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noun
A contentious person, quarreler, or fighter.
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History
Apparently a variant of barretter (“ballast resistor”), which in turn may be from Old French barateor (“barrator”).
Variant of barrator.
