English Explanatory Dictionary

resistive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Tending to resist something or someone; resistant.
  2. Acting as a resistor; resisting the passage of electrical current.
  3. Of an electronic circuit: consisting only of resistors and power sources; having no inductance and capacitance.

Word forms

resistive more resistive most resistive

Etymology

From resist + -ive.

Related words

resistant resistance

Derived words

chemiresistive elastoresistive magnetoresistive nonresistive photoresistive piezoresistive resistively resistiveness resistive random access memory resistivity thermoresistive viscoresistive
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