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RESISTIVITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does resistivity mean?
• RESISTIVITY (noun)
The noun RESISTIVITY has 1 sense:
1. a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
Familiarity information: RESISTIVITY 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 ("resistivity" is a kind of...):
electrical phenomenon (a physical phenomenon involving electricity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "resistivity"):
ohmage (the ohmic resistance of a conductor)
Derivation:
resistive (exhibiting or relating to electrical resistance)
Context examples
He said one of the key challenges of a flexible harvester is to connect thermoelectric elements in series using reliable, low-resistivity interconnects.
(Flexible Wearable Electronics Use Body Heat for Energy, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
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