different between proportional vs photoresistor

English

Adjective

proportional (comparative more proportional, superlative most proportional)

1. (mathematics) At a constant ratio (to). Two magnitudes (numbers) are said to be proportional if the second varies in a direct relation arithmetically to the first. Symbol: ?.
2. (chiefly US) In proportion (to), proportionate.
3. Of a typeface, having characters with natural (non-uniform) width (in contrast to monospace typefaces).

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

proportional (plural proportionals)

1. (mathematics, geometry, archaic) A proportion.
   • 1828, William Thomas Brande, Tables in Illustration of the Theory of Definite Proportionals (page xiii)

     It is almost superfluous to remark that the numbers attached to the elements of compounds are those of the proportionals in which they combine […]

German

Etymology

Proportion +? -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?op??t?si?o?na?l/

Adjective

proportional (comparative proportionaler, superlative am proportionalsten)

1. proportional

Declension

English

Etymology

photo- +? resistor

Noun

photoresistor (plural photoresistors)

1. An electronic component whose resistance is inversely proportional to the intensity of incident light

Related terms

• photodiode
• varistor
• thermistor
• resistor

Translations

• Italian: fotoresistore (it) m