Resistor

Word RESISTOR
Character 8
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ɹɪˈzɪstə/

Definitions and meanings of "Resistor"

What do we mean by resistor?

A device used to control current in an electric circuit by providing resistance. noun

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

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

An electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current noun

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

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

What happens when a staple assumes a crumpled shape when you're trying to staple a document. From the zigzag shape of the schematic diagram symbol for a resistor. Pronounced ree-ZISS-tor-ing. Urban Dictionary

In a series or parallel circuit a banana that has a certain resistance along the circuit line. Urban Dictionary

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The word "resistor" in example sentences

A circuit with an inductor, capacitor, and resistor is like a pendulum in oil. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The device he had been using, a random event generator, or REG, detects electron “noise” in a resistor, which is assumed to be random. ❋ Gary E. Schwartz (2006)

James Carroll of the Boston Globe personifies a "resistor" of the intellectual variety. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If it were not for those like you the BBC would not have felt bias was an issue, your hate has only bred more hate and what have you achieved?, so forgive me if I don't care for your approbation, not that of the asinine "resistor" who objects to the sound of "silence" phil ❋ Unknown (2009)

The IPD market (not including single element devices such as resistor or capacitor arrays) is forecast to grow from $832 million in 2005 to $1.6 billion in 2010, according to market research firm iSuppli Corp. in El Segundo, Calif. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Leadtimes remain stable at six to eight weeks for standard devices such as resistor/capacitor arrays and filters. ❋ Unknown (2010)

There is no attempt to differentiate the components other than by color and shape -- the relative meanings and functions of, for example, a "resistor" versus a "capacitor" versus an "FM radio chip" are simply not explained. ❋ Unknown (2010)

OLED technology has finally made its way to our rearview mirrors, so it is no surprise to see researchers at ETRI having applied for 51 patents (nationally and internationally for the technology), where one of these include a transparent oxide resistor which is able to increase the aperture ratio of AMOLEDs. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Here are the words of the brave creative resistor occupiers in the act of art or the art of act: ❋ Eve Ensler (2011)

The inductor, capacitor, and resistor distort the electric field surrounding the goblet, and it resonates an interdimensional radio frequency. ❋ F. J. Lennon (2011)

He later immigrated to the U.S., where he founded Vishay to manufacture stress gauges and a revolutionary kind of electronic resistor that worked under extremes of hot and cold. ❋ Stephen Miller (2011)

In fact, they had to strip three wires, splice in a resistor of a very specific value and then short two other wires. ❋ Unknown (2010)

[Betty], I need a new [stapler]. Every [staple] that comes out of this piece of junk is resistoring. ❋ Pentozali (2007)

The banana resistor is about to [overload]. ❋ Your Mom (2003)

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