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resistive
[ ri-zis-tiv ]
adjective
- capable of or inclined to resistance; resisting.
- Electricity. pertaining to or relying on electrical resistance: Compare capacitive ( def 2 ).
Pressure from your finger creates an electrical contact between the two layers of a resistive touchscreen.
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Other Words From
- re·sistive·ly adverb
- re·sistive·ness noun
- nonre·sistive adjective
- unre·sistive adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of resistive1
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Example Sentences
The device would steadily raise the temperature by powering up those super-strong magnets, using an electric current to create resistive heating and then applying radio waves.
In the midst of this the lungs have their resistive vitality raised so as to throw off the disease.
He was very resistive to the taking of a bath, and suddenly snapped at the attendants who cared for him.
The first thing that a man begins to lose through the inroads of age is his resistive power.
His last illness was the result of a cold, and his advanced age, eighty-seven, left him little resistive vitality.
Most people have quite enough resistive vitality to enable them to recover from the disease.
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