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resistive

resistive adjective: tending to resist something or someone; resistant.

resistive: tending to resist something or someone; resistant
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Adjective

resistive (comparative more resistive, superlative most resistive)

  1. (rare) Tending to resist something or someone; resistant.
    • He had a stubborn, resistive nature.
  2. Acting as a resistor; resisting the passage of electrical current.
    • This material is highly resistive.
  3. Of an electronic circuit: consisting only of resistors and power sources; having no inductance and capacitance.
    • a pure resistive circuit

Forms of resistive

comparativemore resistive
superlativemost resistive

Origin of resistive

From resist + -ive.

Words formed from resistive

Phrases with resistive

Questions about resistive

What does resistive mean?
Resistive means tending to resist something or someone; resistant.
What part of speech is resistive?
Resistive is an adjective.

Words near resistive in the dictionary

  1. resisting
  2. resisting arrest
  3. resistingly
  4. resistings
  5. resistins
  6. resistive
  7. resistive random access memories
  8. resistive random access memory
  9. resistively
  10. resistiveness
  11. resistivities

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