resistor

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English

Three resistors (electric component).

Etymology

From resist +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈzɪstə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈzɪstɚ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪstə(ɹ)

Noun

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.

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Derived terms

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

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Danish

Pronunciation

Noun

resistor c (singular definite resistoren, plural indefinite resistorer)

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

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Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

Etymology

Internationalism, from Dutch resistor.

Pronunciation

Noun

résistor (plural resistor-resistor, first-person possessive resistorku, second-person possessive resistormu, third-person possessive resistornya)

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

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: re‧sis‧tor

Noun

resistor m (plural resistores)

  1. resistor (component that implements electrical resistance)

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

resistor m (plural resistores)

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

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Swedish

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Noun

resistor c

  1. (electronics) a resistor

Declension

Declension of resistor 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative resistor resistorn resistorer resistorerna
Genitive resistors resistorns resistorers resistorernas

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