resistive

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12
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13
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9

Definition of resistive

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (rare)Tending to resist something or someone; resistant.
    “He had a stubborn, resistive nature.”
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adj

  1. (rare)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”

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Etymology

From resist + -ive.

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