Associations to the word «Resistor»

Wiktionary

RESISTOR, noun. One who resists, especially a person who fights against an occupying army.
RESISTOR, noun. An electric component that transmits current in direct proportion to the voltage across it.

Dictionary definition

RESISTOR, noun. An electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats