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resistive

[ ri-zis-tiv ]

adjective

  1. capable of or inclined to resistance; resisting.
  2. Electricity. pertaining to or relying on electrical resistance: Compare capacitive ( def 2 ).

    Pressure from your finger creates an electrical contact between the two layers of a resistive touchscreen.



resistive

/ rɪˈzɪstɪv /

adjective

  1. another word for resistant
  2. exhibiting electrical resistance
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • re·sistive·ly adverb
  • re·sistive·ness noun
  • nonre·sistive adjective
  • unre·sistive adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of resistive1

First recorded in 1595–1605; resist + -ive
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Example Sentences

The device would steadily raise the temperature by powering up those super-strong magnets, using an electric current to create resistive heating and then applying radio waves.

In the midst of this the lungs have their resistive vitality raised so as to throw off the disease.

He was very resistive to the taking of a bath, and suddenly snapped  at the attendants who cared for him.

The first thing that a man begins to lose through the inroads of age is his resistive power.

His last illness was the result of a cold, and his advanced age, eighty-seven, left him little resistive vitality.

Most people have quite enough resistive vitality to enable them to recover from the disease.

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