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dimmer

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dim·mer  (dmr)
n.
1. A rheostat or other device used to vary the intensity of an electric light.
2.
a. A parking light on a motor vehicle.
b. A low beam.
dimmer [ˈdɪmə]
n
1. (Physics / General Physics) a device, such as a rheostat, for varying the current through an electric light and thus changing the illumination
2. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) (often plural) US
a.  a dipped headlight on a road vehicle
b.  a parking light on a car
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.dimmer - a rheostat that varies the current through an electric light in order to control the level of illumination
rheostat, variable resistor - resistor for regulating current
Translations
dimmer [ˈdɪməʳ]
A. N
1. (on light switch) → regulador m de intensidad de luz
2. (US) (Aut) → interruptor m de las luces cortas or de cruce, interruptor m de las luces bajas(LAm)
B. CPD dimmer switch N → regulador m de intensidad de luz
dimmer [ˈdɪmər]
n (also dimmer switch) → variateur m dimmers
npl (US)
(= dipped headlights) [car] → codes mpl
(= parking lights) [car] → feux mpl de position
dimmer
n (Elec) → Dimmer m; (US Aut) → Abblendschalter or -hebel m; dimmers pl (US Aut) → Abblendlicht nt; (= sidelights) → Begrenzungsleuchten pl
dimmer [ˈdɪməʳ] n (also dimmer switch) → dimmer m inv, interruttore m a reostato
dimmer [ˈdɪməʳ] n (also dimmer switch) → dimmer m inv, interruttore m a reostato


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As the sun went down behind the bank, the slightest blades of grass upon it seemed to become as distinctly visible as the arteries in the skeleton of a leaf; and when, as it slowly sank, the red and golden bars upon the water grew dimmer, and dimmer yet, as if they were sinking too; and all the glowing colours of departing day paled, inch by inch, before the sombre night; the scene became a thousand times more lonesome and more dreary than before, and all its influences darkened with the sky.
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Also, it is admitted, when consciousness suffused his brain with a thought, that the thought was dimmer, vaguer than a similar thought in a human brain.
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Then all at once darkness fell upon me, and anon from out of it, as to one who grows accustomed by degrees to a dimmer light, my former surroundings of deck and mast and cordage slowly resolved themselves.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
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