wiper arm

1. 1.

   contact consisting of a conducting arm that rotates over a series of fixed contacts and comes to rest on an outlet

   Synonymswipercontact arm

   Broadercontact

   Part ofrheostatselector

Questions about wiper arm

What does wiper arm mean?

wiper arm means "contact consisting of a conducting arm that rotates over a series of fixed contacts and comes to rest on an outlet".

What is another word for wiper arm?

Close synonyms include wiper, contact arm. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is wiper arm a common word?

wiper arm is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.