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RESISTIVE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority
Synonyms:
insubordinate; resistant; resistive
Classified under:
Similar:
defiant; noncompliant (boldly resisting authority or an opposing force)
Derivation:
resist (stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something)
resist (express opposition through action or words)
resist (refuse to comply)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Exhibiting or relating to electrical resistance
Example:
resistive load
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
resistance (a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms)
Derivation:
resistivity (a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms)
