resistor

Noun

re=sis=tor

WORDNET DICTIONARY

resistor(n = noun.artifact) resistance - an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current; Array

has particulars: ballast, ballast resistor, barretter, potential divider, voltage divider, rheostat, variable resistor

is a part of circuit, electric circuit, electrical circuit

is a kind of electrical device

resistor, n. Electr. a device having resistance to the passage of an electrical current.

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