resistive

About 1.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Tending to resist something or someone; resistant.

   He had a stubborn, resistive nature.

2. adjective Acting as a resistor; resisting the passage of electrical current.

   This material is highly resistive.

3. adjective Of an electronic circuit: consisting only of resistors and power sources; having no inductance and capacitance.

   a pure resistive circuit

Similar words

resistant defiant insubordinate resilient strong hard-wearing robust rugged durable sturdy

Often followed by

load and to component circuit force element heating exercises

Word family

resistively resistiveness resistivenesses