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n. A rheostat or other device used to vary the intensity of an electric light.

n. A parking light on a motor vehicle.

n. A low beam.

n. A rheostat that is used to vary the intensity of a domestic electric light

n. 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")

adj. comparative form of dim: more dim

n. In electricity, an adjustable reactive coil used for reducing the amount of light of incandescent lamps.

n. a rheostat that varies the current through an electric light in order to control the level of illumination

"But this hardly addresses the deeper mystery of why this administration has gotten itself caught in the Venus flytrap of the Arab-Israeli conflict, after vowing not to do so, and why it has done so with a degree of ineptitude that recalls the dimmer moments of the Carter administration."

variable resistor    rheostat   

dimmer switch   

Timur    brimmer    excimer    glimmer    grimmer    kimmer    limmer    nimmer    primmer    rimmer