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Noun: ballast resistor
  1. A resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations)
    "The engineer added a ballast resistor to stabilize the current flow";
    - ballast, barretter

Derived forms: ballast resistors

Type of: resistance, resistor

Encyclopedia: Ballast resistor