resistive

See also: résistive

English

Etymology

From resist +‎ -ive.

Adjective

resistive (comparative more resistive, superlative most resistive)

1. (rare) Tending to resist something or someone; resistant.

   He had a stubborn, resistive nature.

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

   This material is highly resistive.

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

   Coordinate terms: inductive, capacitive

   a pure resistive circuit

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• resistant, resistance

References

• “resistive”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• “resistive”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Italian

Adjective

resistive

1. feminine plural of resistivo

Anagrams

• resistevi, svestirei, svieresti