Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, tending toward, or marked by resistance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the power to resist; resisting.
- noun In electricity, a resistance; that which offers resistance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Serving to resist.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective physics
Resisting the passage of electrical current - adjective Tending to
resist
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority
- adjective exhibiting or relating to electrical resistance
Etymologies
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Examples
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Jill stopped going to school late in the sixth grade, at which time she was described as resistive to authority, fighting rules at school and at home.
Clinical Work with Adolescents Judith Marks Mishne 1986
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The device Hynix seeks to build with the memristor is called resistive random access memory, or RRAM.
IEEE Spectrum 2010
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Dr. Jay A. Switzer and his colleagues at Missouri S and T have said that they have constructed a type of superlattice that shows "unique low-to-high and high-to-low resistance switching that may be applicable to the fabrication of an emerging memory device known as resistive random access memory," or RRA..
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ani 2010
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Journal of the American Chemical Society that they have constructed a type of superlattice that shows "unique low-to-high and high-to-low resistance switching that may be applicable to the fabrication of an emerging memory device known as resistive random access memory," or RRAM.
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Dr. Jay A. Switzer and his colleagues at Missouri S and T have said that they have constructed a type of superlattice that shows "unique low-to-high and high-to-low resistance switching that may be applicable to the fabrication of an emerging memory device known as resistive random access memory," or RRA..
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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Archos chose a so-called resistive sensor, which isn't as sensitive as the capacitive type used in the iPhone.
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It's resistive, meaning that poking the screen's surface presses down the layer beneath and registers your touch.
Crave at CNET UK Rich Trenholm 2010
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It's resistive, meaning that poking the screen's surface presses down the layer beneath and registers your touch.
Crave at CNET UK Rich Trenholm 2010
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It's resistive, meaning that poking the screen's surface presses down the layer beneath and registers your touch.
Crave at CNET UK Rich Trenholm 2010
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The 3in touchscreen is only resistive, meaning you have to apply physical pressure to activate onscreen buttons and links.
PC PRO 2010
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