Meaning

2 senses

  1. One who resists, especially a person who fights against an occupying army.

    Widerstandskämpfer, Widerständler

  2. An electric component that transmits current in direct proportion to the voltage across it.

    Widerstand

    рези́сторrezístor

More definitions
  • an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current

Examples

3 sentences

  1. I don't know anything about resistors.

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  2. A resistor fell off the circuit board.

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  3. Tom is drawing the schematic for a resistor.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
electric component:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
one who resists:
electric component:

Forms

plural: resistors
Singularresistor
Pluralresistors

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current:resistance

Word family

19 related words
DerivedtransistorB2ballast resistorcarbon resistorchemiresistorlight-dependent resistormagnetoresistormemristormicroresistornanoresistornonresistorpellistorphotoresistorpiezoresistorpull-down resistorpull-up resistorresistor ladderresistorlessthermistorvaristor

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
resistB1resistanceB2resistantresoluteresolutelyresolutionB2

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