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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 ohmsplay

  Familiarity information: RESISTIVITY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RESISTIVITY (noun)


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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