resistor
nounUK /ɹɪˈzɪstə/ · US /ɹɪˈzɪstɚ/
Etymology From resist + -or.
1
One who resists, especially a person who fights against an occupying army.
2
Business, Electrical engineering, Electricity, Electromagnetism, Electronics, Energy, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics An electric component that transmits current in direct proportion to the voltage across it.
- 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.2021 December 23, “Snap Circuits Classic”, in Snap Circuits, Elenco, pages 13, 27:
- Derived terms
- ballast resistor, carbon resistor, chemiresistor, light-dependent resistor, magnetoresistor, memristor, microresistor, nanoresistor, nonresistor, pellistor, photoresistor, piezoresistor, pull-down resistor, pull-up resistor, resistorless, thermistor, thermoresistor, transistor, varistor
- Hyponyms
- tax resister