ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms

Synonyms:

electric resistance; electrical resistance; impedance; ohmic resistance; resistance; resistivity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("electrical resistance" is a kind of...):

electrical phenomenon (a physical phenomenon involving electricity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "electrical resistance"):

ohmage (the ohmic resistance of a conductor)

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