resistive
Use Resistive in a sentence
tɪv adjective
1.
capable of or inclined to resistance; resisting.
2.
Electricity. pertaining to or relying on electrical resistance: Pressure from your finger creates an electrical contact between the two layers of a resistive touchscreen. Compare capacitive ( def 2 ).
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| —adj | |
| 1. | another word for resistant |
| 2. | exhibiting electrical resistance |
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Resistive
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Example sentences
Wretched typing experience on old-school resistive touchscreen.
The highly resistive state of the electrolyte and the other, low-resistance, state can be used to represent zeroes and ones.
They're simple games and drawing programs, but they show that the resistive touchscreen actually works and is responsive.
Most resistive screens we've encountered thus far tend to be slow and unresponsive.
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