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ELECTRIC RESISTANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electric resistance mean? 

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE (noun)
  The noun ELECTRIC RESISTANCE has 1 sense:

1. a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohmsplay

  Familiarity information: ELECTRIC RESISTANCE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ELECTRIC RESISTANCE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

electric resistance; electrical resistance; impedance; ohmic resistance; resistance; resistivity

Hypernyms ("electric resistance" is a kind of...):

electrical phenomenon (a physical phenomenon involving electricity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "electric resistance"):

ohmage (the ohmic resistance of a conductor)


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