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Dimmer vs Dimer - What's the difference?

dimmer | dimer |

As nouns the difference between dimmer and dimer

is that dimmer is a rheostat that is used to vary the intensity of a domestic electric light while dimer is a molecule consisting of two identical halves, formed by joining two identical molecules, sometimes with a single atom acting as a bridge.

As an adjective dimmer

is comparative of dim.

dimmer

English

Noun

(wikipedia dimmer) (en noun)
  • A rheostat that is used to vary the intensity of a domestic electric light
  • A switch used to select between the low and high headlamp beam on a road vehicle. (usually as "dimmer switch", primarily in North America; elsewhere "dipswitch" or "dipper switch")

    • Related terms

    * dimmer switch

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (dim)

    • Anagrams

    *

    dimer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) A molecule consisting of two identical halves, formed by joining two identical molecules, sometimes with a single atom acting as a bridge.

    • Related terms

    * dimeric * dimerous * dimery * heterodimeric * homodimeric * oxodimer

    See also

    * polymer * oligomer * monomer

    Anagrams

    * * ----