barreter means A variable resistor made up of a short length of very fine wire (usually platinum) having a positive temperature coefficient.
Etymology
Apparently a variant of barretter (“ballast resistor”), which in turn may be from Old French barateor (“barrator”).
noun
- A variable resistor made up of a short length of very fine wire (usually platinum) having a positive temperature coefficient.“Fessenden determined that a current-operated detector would offer advantages over those operated by voltage and based these deductions on his hot-wire barreter.”
- A contentious person, quarreler, or fighter.