Get to know Resistor better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like resistance.
Resistor meaning
- One who resists, especially a person who fights against an occupying army.
- An electric component that transmits current in direct proportion to the voltage across it.
Synonyms of Resistor
Using Resistor
- The main meaning on this page is: One who resists, especially a person who fights against an occupying army. | An electric component that transmits current in direct proportion to the voltage across it.
- Useful related words include: resistance, electrical device.
- In the example corpus, resistor often appears in combinations such as: the resistor, resistor is, resistor and.
Context around Resistor
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 11 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Resistor
- In this selection, "resistor" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, carbon, unknown, variable, symbol, failure and package stand out and add context to how "resistor" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a carbon resistor printed directly and a given resistor failure to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "resistor" sits close to words such as allspring, aloft and asparagus, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with resistor
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A resistor is a passive component in an electrical circuit. (10 words)
She was a participant (resistor) on five previous flotillas that never reached Gaza. (13 words)
Fixed resistor A single in line (SIL) resistor package with 8 individual, 47 ohm resistors. (15 words)
If the average power dissipated by a resistor is more than its power rating, damage to the resistor may occur, permanently altering its resistance; this is distinct from the reversible change in resistance due to its temperature coefficient when it warms. (41 words)
In the region around the battery the Poynting vector is directed outward, indicating power flowing out of the battery into the fields; in the region around the resistor the vector is directed inward, indicating field power flowing into the resistor. (40 words)
Electronic symbols and notation main Two typical schematic diagram symbols are as follows: (a) resistor, (b) rheostat (variable resistor), and (c) potentiometer IEC resistor symbol The notation to state a resistor's value in a circuit diagram varies. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Electronic symbols and notation main Two typical schematic diagram symbols are as follows: (a) resistor, (b) rheostat (variable resistor), and (c) potentiometer IEC resistor symbol The notation to state a resistor's value in a circuit diagram varies.
While there is no minimum working voltage for a given resistor, failure to account for a resistor's maximum rating may cause the resistor to incinerate when current is run through it.
The $35 micro-PC shares a single resistor for two of the USB-C port’s pins, while the official USB-C spec calls for each pin to get a resistor of its own.
Across any plane P between the battery and resistor, the Poynting flux is in the direction of the resistor.
Fixed resistor A single in line (SIL) resistor package with 8 individual, 47 ohm resistors.
If the average power dissipated by a resistor is more than its power rating, damage to the resistor may occur, permanently altering its resistance; this is distinct from the reversible change in resistance due to its temperature coefficient when it warms.
In the region around the battery the Poynting vector is directed outward, indicating power flowing out of the battery into the fields; in the region around the resistor the vector is directed inward, indicating field power flowing into the resistor.
One pair of terminals applies a known, calibrated current to the resistor, while the other pair senses the voltage drop across the resistor.
Printed carbon resistor A carbon resistor printed directly onto the SMD pads on a PCB.
Such voltages appear in the junctions of the resistor leads with the circuit board and with the resistor body.
The second was connected to the same battery supply via a second resistor and the resistor under test.
The voltage source V on the left drives a current I around the circuit, delivering electrical energy into the resistor R. From the resistor, the current returns to the source, completing the circuit.
The μV/V/decade value is frequently given in dB so that a resistor with a noise index of 0 dB exhibits 1 μV (rms) of excess noise for each volt across the resistor in each frequency decade.
When an unknown resistor is placed in series in the circuit the current will be less than full scale and an appropriately calibrated scale can display the value of the previously unknown resistor.
Electrons that naturally move around inside a room-temperature resistor affect electrons in a connected antenna, which causes the antenna to generate radio waves.
A resistor is a passive component in an electrical circuit.
She was a participant (resistor) on five previous flotillas that never reached Gaza.
Titles like Flock and Resistor gave a wide picture of the diverse, creative games brewing in the ever-busy indie scene.
A common use of the term "voltage" is in describing the voltage dropped across an electrical device (such as a resistor).
A ground fault protection relay must trip the breaker to protect the circuit before overheating of the resistor occurs.
Common combinations with resistor
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the resistor 30×
- resistor is 13×
- resistor and 7×
- resistor in 7×
- resistor to 6×
- and resistor 5×
- by resistor 5×
- resistor the 4×
- as resistor 4×
- resistor may 3×