resistive
capable of or inclined to resistance; resisting.
Electricity. pertaining to or relying on electrical resistance: Pressure from your finger creates an electrical contact between the two layers of a resistive touchscreen.: Compare capacitive (def. 2).
Origin of resistive
1Other words from resistive
- re·sis·tive·ly, adverb
- re·sis·tive·ness, noun
- non·re·sis·tive, adjective
- un·re·sis·tive, adjective
Words Nearby resistive
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How to use resistive in a sentence
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.
A hole in the ground could be the future of fusion power | James Temple | February 23, 2022 | MIT Technology ReviewIn the midst of this the lungs have their resistive vitality raised so as to throw off the disease.
Health Through Will Power | James J. WalshHe was very resistive to the taking of a bath, and suddenly snapped at the attendants who cared for him.
Studies in Forensic Psychiatry | Bernard GlueckThe first thing that a man begins to lose through the inroads of age is his resistive power.
Keeping Fit All the Way | Walter CampHis last illness was the result of a cold, and his advanced age, eighty-seven, left him little resistive vitality.
Makers of Modern Medicine | James J. Walsh
Most people have quite enough resistive vitality to enable them to recover from the disease.
Psychotherapy | James J. Walsh
British Dictionary definitions for resistive
/ (rɪˈzɪstɪv) /
another word for resistant
exhibiting electrical resistance
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