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resistive

adjective

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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English resist Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English resistive From resist + -ive.

  1. Tending to resist something or someone; resistant.

    He had a stubborn, resistive nature.

  2. Acting as a resistor; resisting the passage of electrical current.

    This material is highly resistive.

  3. Of an electronic circuit: consisting only of resistors and power sources; having no inductance and capacitance.

    a pure resistive circuit