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ELECTRIC RESISTANCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does electric resistance mean?
• ELECTRIC RESISTANCE (noun)
The noun ELECTRIC RESISTANCE has 1 sense:
1. a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
Familiarity information: ELECTRIC RESISTANCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
electric resistance; electrical resistance; impedance; ohmic resistance; resistance; resistivity
Hypernyms ("electric resistance" is a kind of...):
electrical phenomenon (a physical phenomenon involving electricity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "electric resistance"):
ohmage (the ohmic resistance of a conductor)
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