potential divider

English Thesaurus

1. resistors connected in series across a voltage source; used to obtain a desired fraction of the voltage (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	resistance, resistor,
definition	:	an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	pot, potentiometer,
definition	:	a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets (noun.artifact)