English

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Three resistors (electric component).

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From resist +‎ -or.

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resistor (plural resistors)

  1. One who resists, especially a person who fights against an occupying army.
  2. (electronics) An electric component that transmits current in direct proportion to the voltage across it.
    • 2021 December, “Snap Circuits Classic”, in Snap Circuits[1], Elenco, pages 13, 27:
      The resistor limits the current and prevents damage to the LED. [] It is possible to pick resistors and capacitors that will make the pitch higher than humans can hear.

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an electric component that transmits current in direct proportion to the voltage across it

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resistor c (singular definite resistoren, plural indefinite resistorer)

  1. (engineering) resistor (component with constant resistance)

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Declension of resistor
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative resistor resistoren resistorer resistorerne
genitive resistors resistorens resistorers resistorernes

Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Internationalism, from Dutch resistor.

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résistor (plural resistor-resistor)

  1. (electronics) resistor: an electric component that transmits current in direct proportion to the voltage across it
    Synonyms: hambatan, tahanan

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Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Borrowed from English resistor.

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  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Hyphenation: re‧sis‧tor

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resistor m (plural resistores)

  1. resistor (component that implements electrical resistance)
    Synonym: resistência

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  • IPA(key): /resisˈtoɾ/ [re.sisˈt̪oɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: re‧sis‧tor

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resistor m (plural resistores)

  1. resistor (component that implements electrical resistance)
    Synonym: resistencia

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resistor c

  1. (electronics) a resistor
    Synonym: motstånd

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