resistive
Americanadjective
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capable of or inclined to resistance; resisting.
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Electricity. pertaining to or relying on electrical resistance.
Pressure from your finger creates an electrical contact between the two layers of a resistive touchscreen.
adjective
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another word for resistant
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exhibiting electrical resistance
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“Deputy Kirk used a level of force that deputies across this country are trained and authorized to use when taking a resistive suspect into custody,” Wilson said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026
When a photon strikes a pixel, the current shunted into the resistive heating element warms a small part of the readout wire, creating a tiny hotspot.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2023
The team’s array of seafloor electrodes, sensitive to the conductivity of water, captured a subducting seamount that appeared to have a conductive interior covered by a thin resistive crust.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 21, 2023
"If we start building communities and structures out of materials more resistive to fire, we are upping our odds of success — we've got to do something different and do it better."
From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2022
She was resistive to any care or examination.
From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by John T. (John Thompson) MacCurdy
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